Ian Heron

Ian Heron serves as a senior advisor to Vantage Mezzanine and plays a day-to-day oversight role in monitoring the existing portfolio and reviewing new investment opportunities. Ian is the Fund's observer on the board of Safripol Holdings.

Ian has an extensive track record of managing large South African and international businesses which have included Joy Manufacturing， a manufacturer and distributor of mining equipment in South Africa and the subsidiary of a large US group， Kersaf Investments， a publicly listed casino and leisure group， Sappi Southern Africa， a leading forest products company， and the Premier Group which included SA's largest cotton， medicine distribution， photographic and book & stationery retailing businesses， as well as SA's second largest food company.

More recently， Ian was a partner in a private equity company that managed Standard Bank's private equity business for five years. Ian's most recent position， prior to joining Vantage， was as a senior banker in the Corporate and Investment Banking division of Standard Bank.

Ian is a Chartered Accountant by training.