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Gideon Nieuwoudt

Gideon is the founder and managing partner of Southern Right Capital. He serves as an independent non-executive director and investment committee member on the board of Remgro, a JSE listed investment holding company. Gideon is also a member for the investment committee of the Stellenbosch Trust. In addition, he serves as as a director of the Accumulus Fund, a Cayman based exempted company.

Gideon formerly served as a senior advisor to the AMX, a Willis Towers Watson managed account platform. Previously, he served as the director of Alternative Investment Solutions at Edmond de Rothschild and a partner and portfolio manager at Silver Creek Capital, a US$7 billion alternative investment manager for six years.

Before, he was deputy head of the alternative investment research team at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP). He began his investment career at Watson Wyatt (now WillisTowersWatson), where he ended up heading the hedge fund research group during his seven-year tenure.

Gideon is a CFA Charterholder and a key individual under FAIS Category I, II and IIA.

 
 

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Gideon Nieuwoudt appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Board of Remgro

The Board has approved the appointments of Mr Paul Johannes Neethling as a non-executive director and Mr Gideon Gabriel Nieuwoudt as an independent non-executive director of the Board with effect from the close of Remgro's next Annual General Meeting on 28 November 2019.

Institutional Investor Hedge Fund Rising Stars

Hedge fund executives in the U.K. say Gideon Nieuwoudt knows everyone who is anyone in the City and beyond. Nieuwoudt, 36, moved to London in January 2000, after graduating from ­Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He worked for several years as a consultant in the hedge fund practice of investment advisory firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide (now Towers Watson), in both London and New York.

Financial News 40 Under 40 Rising Stars of Hedge Funds

Former colleagues credit Nieuwoudt for questioning the credibility of Bernard Madoff, now convicted of fraud, during his time as head of European and Asia research for Union Bancaire Privée Alternative Investments. More recently Nieuwoudt’s analytical approach has helped him drive the expansion of Silver Creek, which has $6bn of assets under management, beyond the US.

Inside a Swiss Bank, Madoff Warnings

Swiss bank Union Bancaire Privé kept hundreds of millions of dollars of its wealthy clients' money in Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme despite warnings from its own research team, according to people familiar with the matter.