Mike Von Holdt (39)
Chief Financial Officer
B Comm, Hons B Compt (CTA), CA (SA)



Mike von Holdt (38) completed articles with Ernst & Young in 1995 and stayed on as a manager in the audit division before joining ABN Amro Securities in 1997 as an assistant research analyst in mining financials. In 1998 he joined Aquila Growth Limited, a listed company previously on the investment trust sector of the JSE, where he consulted on Aquila's acquisition and disposal of numerous private equity investments and corporate finance activities. Mike also fulfilled the role of financial manager at Aquila.

Mike joined BoE Private Equity Investments in 2000, which later became Nedbank Capital Private Equity until his departure in 2006 to join DataPro Group Limited. Mike played an instrumental role in the management buyout of DataPro from Control Instruments Group Limited in 2001. Mike served as a non-executive director on the board of DataPro until 2004, when DataPro was sold back to management prior to it's listing on AltX. At Nedbank Capital Private Equity, Mike served on the boards of a number of companies within a portfolio valued at approximately R1 billion comprising 70 investment companies. He was responsible for originating, sourcing, negotiating, structuring, concluding and executing private equity transactions with a particular focus on leveraged buyouts and strategic Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) investments. Mike received the Nedbank Top Achiever Award in 2002 in recognition of his outstanding performance.

Mike joined DataPro Group on a full-time basis in June 2006 to facilitate the due diligence and acquisition of Definity Telecommunications (Proprietary) Limited through VoxTelecom, where after he was appointed as financial director of VoxTelecom. Mike now rejoins the DataPro Group board as Chief Financial Officer.

An elite athlete, Mike represented South Africa in the Triathlon World Championships from 2002 to 2004, including the Iron Man World Championship in 2001.