Johan Strauss

Mr Strauss is a director and an executive member of Mergon's investment team since 2008. Mergon is a private investment group that was founded in 1980. From a single, start-up business, Mergon has grown a investment portfolio with interests in companies in the SaaS, commercial property, insurance, telecoms and fintech industries. Almero represents Mergon on the Boards of Infotech, one of South Africa's oldest technology companies, FREI (a Mobile Virtual Network Enabler) and Mertech Marine. He started his career in strategy and management consulting with international firms Bain & Company and Deloitte in South Africa and the USA. Almero was a founding member of Decipher Consulting, a South African niche consulting firm, where he was an executive director of the business. Almero is the chair of the Risk Committee.