Board of Directors

Panos Voutyritsas
Nationality: Greece
Age: 32
Position: Non Executive Director
Residence: Johannesburg, RSA
Years as a Director: 1
Shareholding: None

Panos Voutyritsas is a Partner at Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management, a pan African private equity company sponsored by Kingdom Holding, the private investment vehicle of HRH Prince Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia, and Zephyr Management LP, a New York based asset manager. With Kingdom Zephyr’s US $450 million of committed capital as of 2008, Mr. Voutyritsas has completed a number of private equity investments in Africa, and has been with Kingdom zephyr since the company’s inception in 2003.

Mr. Voutyritsas joined Kingdom Zephyr in 2003 and is based in Johannesburg. Previously, he worked in investment banking and leveraged finance at Salomon Smith Barney in New York, and was part of the founding team of Soros Real Estate Partners, Greece and South Eastern Europe.  He has extensive experience in investment banking and private equity.

Mr. Voutyritsas has a BS in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from Cornell University (USA).

Mr Voutyritsas has been on the Board since January 2008 and also is a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Investment Committee. He also serves on the Board of Micro Provident Tanzania Limited.