Lesegisha Mthiyane
Partner | Head of Business Services
Email: chairmanmo@financehut.co.za
Cell: +27 (79) 593 5417
Lesegisha is a chartered business accountant and venture capitalist with a deep history in auditing the public sector and advising numerous entities outside of it. He has dealt with varying cross-border transactions, such as with businesses based in America and Kenya. Most notably, Lesegisha was selected as one of the co-authors of the Africa80 Project, an initiative that gives young Africans an opportunity to provide the solutions that will shape Africa’s growth path in various fields. To this end Lesegisha wrote chapter 10 on Investment, Finance and AID.
Lesegisha is a co-founder to Thousand1000 Capital (Pty) Ltd, an investment club that seeks to mobilize 1000 young professionals to invest in establishing the township as a market ripe for investment. In addition, he serves on the Board of Trustees for Devon Park Body Corporate and the Advisory Board for Athlima Tech (Pty) Ltd. He has more than 7 years JSE investing experience and is a proponent of the value investing philosophy.
Lesegisha holds a Bachelor of Commerce Accounting Sciences degree obtained from the University of Pretoria, a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree in Accounting Sciences and a Certificate in the Theory of Accounting (CTA) from Monash University.
You have to understand accounting and you have to understand the nuances of accounting. It's the language of business and it's an imperfect language, but unless you are willing to put in the effort to learn accounting - how to read and interpret financial statements - you really shouldn't select stocks yourself
