Gary is a qualified CA(SA) with over three decades of experience in private equity, healthcare, industrials, and consumer brands across Africa, Australia, and Europe.

Gary has built four separate billion Rand companies with a combined EBITDA in excess of R3 billion. Over the past fifteen years, he has led more than 75 acquisitions and raised over R12 billion in capital.

He brings broad industry knowledge, risk oversight, and decades of deal making and investment experience to Origin.

Wayne is a qualified CA(SA) and award-winning executive with over 25 years of global experience across the mining, chemicals, and financial services sectors.

Wayne has served as CFO and Group Finance Director for numerous companies listed on the JSE, LSE, and Nasdaq, and he has an extensive track record in corporate finance, having raised nearly $1.5 billion in capital and led major M&A transactions exceeding R1.5 billion. His expertise extends beyond finance into complex litigation, strategic restructuring, and large-scale IT transformations, including a R500 million ERP implementation.

Wayne was named South Africa’s #1 CFO in Finance & Technology in 2017.

Sam has vast management-level experience across technology, chemicals, footwear, and industrials.

As Chair of the Leather Development Council, Sam coordinated government–industry partnerships, led successful EU/UN-linked funding missions, and helped implement policies to strengthen domestic manufacturing and export competitiveness. Previously, he held senior leadership roles at African Lakes Technologies, AT&T, and various industrial groups where he oversaw multi-site transformations, supplier consolidation, and operational risk frameworks.

Focus areas include governance, execution discipline, and stakeholder alignment.

Co-founder and former Group CEO of Ascendis Health (JSE listing 2013), Dr Karsten Wellner boasts extensive experience at the executive level. Under his leadership the group scaled to over 4,500 employees across 110+ countries, with approximately R8 billion in annual sales and a peak market capitalisation of circa R12 billion.

He led multiple cross-border acquisitions and integrations. He serves on Senatla Capital’s Empowerment Fund III Strategy & Operations Board, lectures in international management and market-entry strategy at MBA schools, and holds a Master’s in Economics and a PhD in International Economics (magna cum laude).

Researcher, investor, and transactor at a family office, Ryan brings M&A expertise and over a decade of public-markets investing experience to Origin.

Ryan has founded and runs an independent financial markets research service and has built a proprietary cross-sector market database. He has also published articles in leading academic journals and South African financial media platforms.

He holds an MA (First Class) from the University of Cape Town, where he also completed his Honours and served as a Guest Lecturer.

Director of a South African agri-processing group, Kai leads strategy, procurement, and systems transformation at the Western Cape’s largest independent wheat miller, designing and implementing proprietary ERP/CRM and data tools that have delivered measurable efficiency and cost improvements, alongside logistics leadership, SAFEX hedging, and physical contracting.