Understanding the ‘ebb and flow’ of business

IQ Capital is an independently owned, private investment and corporate advisory house which strives to grow and cultivate value for our portfolio companies and clients through the combined legacy and vast experience of our team.
Although our primary focus is on investment in privately-held businesses across various industry sectors – our advisory services include business engineering, complex business re-engineering, joint venture creations, and merger and acquisitions both locally and internationally, in the public and private sphere.

IQ Capital is set apart by its rare combination of
entrenched operational experience and deep-seated corporate craft.

PRIVATE INVESTMENT

The IQ Capital investment philosophy is ‘invest to keep’.  We believe in building sustainable businesses which can stand the test of time and thrive in a volatile and unpredictable local and global economy which requires a dynamic business model and strategic mind-set.

ADVISORY SERVICES

The IQ Capital team provides specialised advisory services to all stakeholder groups of both strong-performing businesses as well as underperforming or distressed businesses.  We offer advisory services on Mergers and Acquisitions, deal facilitation and business re-engineering for the maximisation of value for all stakeholders.

Our Values

Partnership

We strive to bring the right partners to the deal-table to unlock maximum value from a business collaboration and investment optimisation perspective.

Perseverance

We are committed to sustainable business practices and development. Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.

Focus

We remain focused on what needs to be achieved and we work with a sustained energy and disciplined drive to obtain the required result.

Growth

We seek to add value beyond pure capital investment. We offer our vast industry experience and collective skills to provide strategic direction and active participation in business optimisation for continual growth and progress.

Knowledge

We are distinguished in our approach to knowledge transfer which sees our core team as a balanced blend of vast experience and new generation intellect.

“Significant change can only be achieved through focused perseverance, determination and flair.”

IQ Capital is set apart by its rare combination of entrenched operational experience and deep-seated corporate craft. We are further distinguished in our approach to knowledge transfer which sees our core team as a balanced blend of vast experience and new generation intellect.

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Portfolio

“Partnerships are formed, not by strength, but by perseverance”

IQ Capital invests in businesses that have significant growth potential. We play an active role by providing our portfolio companies with the leadership, guidance and capital to realise their growth potential. We uncover value by identifying great companies and enhancing their performance by partnering with strong management teams. IQ Capital engages in fundamental and growth investment.

As an investment house, IQ Capital augments its investment principles by adding value through close partnership with management and the sharing and imparting of our collective experience into our portfolio companies. We attach great value to true entrepreneurial essence and flair.

IQ Capital drives a combined organic and acquisitive growth strategy by assisting our portfolio companies to launch new business initiatives, make game-changing acquisitions and upgrade technologies and system platforms to support long-term, sustainable business growth.

We believe in investing in entities that have significant growth potential and to which we can add value through our networks, strategic business development plans and operational experience.

Advisory

“Discovering potential, cultivating growth and creating value”

IQ Capital provides corporate advisory services with particular emphasis on business optimisation and business re-engineering as well as mergers and acquisitions (both ‘’buy” or “sell” side).  Our services include advising on business recovery strategies that safeguard wider stakeholder interests. Our independent and objective assessment will result in increased assurance for stakeholders on the status and viability of your business as well as proposed recommendations and actions to drive the business forward sustainably on both a strategic and operational level.

IQ Capital is set apart by its rare combination of entrenched operational experience and deep-seated corporate craft. We are further distinguished in our approach to knowledge transfer which sees our core team as a balanced blend of vast experience and new generation intellect.

Our Team

“Discovering potential, cultivating growth and creating value”

The executive and advisory team of IQ Capital have over 100 years of combined business experience in a wide range of industries. They are business leaders who have demonstrated an ability to impact, not only the businesses they have been involved in, but industries at large.

Shaun LiebenbergChief Executive Officer / CEO
Shaun has led substantial restructuring, re-engineering and transformation strategies. His success at Grintek, a listed industrial group, led to the South African government contracting him to re-engineer the state-owned defence group, Denel. His involvement was the catalyst for the successful journey from insolvency to a credible and financially restructured organisation. His vast experience and business insight stretches across industries including IT, Telecoms, Automotive, Industrial Electronics and Defence Technologies, in the public, private and state owned enterprise sectors. Shaun has filled numerous positions on the Executive Boards of both local and international companies, including Dimension Data, Combined Motor Holdings and German-based Rheinmetall A.G.
Adv. Hildegard BarnardExecutive Director
Hildegard contributes a keen commercial, legal and governance perspective to the team. Her attention to detail and insight into business process, stakeholder engagement and project implementation perspective, both on a strategic and operational level adds great value to the IQ Capital stable. She holds a Bachelor in Accounting and an LLB from the University of Stellenbosch. Hildegard further represents IQ Capital on various of its investment company boards.
Dirk AckermanAdvisory Board
Dirk has more than 30 years of executive experience in the banking, financial services, property management and development, public utilities, information technology and business consultancy industries. He has been at the forefront of business empowerment initiatives since the start of his business career, having had the privilege of being able to pioneer major empowerment initiatives in the banking, construction, ICT, state asset management and public utility management fields. Dirk currently sits on the boards of Thebe Investments and Link Market Services and was the founding CEO of Airports Company South Africa. He is also a board member of several other South-African, US and Australian based companies.
Pieter van TonderAdvisory Board
Pieter represents IQ Capital on several of its investment company boards and brings more than 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions in various industries, specializing in financial engineering and tax optimisation. As a Chartered Accountant by profession, Pieter has extensive experience and deep knowledge in corporate governance and all matters financial. He is also a board member of several other South-African, US and Australian based companies.

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“Optimising your business and creating wealth”

Let’s meet

Call us: 011 259 4000
Enquiries: info@iqcapital.org
Office: The IQ Business Park, 3 Third Avenue, Rivonia, 2128

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