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WDB TRUST
WDB Investment Holdings
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WDB TRUST
WDB Investment Holdings

WDB Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd, a private limited liability company, was established in 1997 to generate funds for the WDB Trust to enable us to achieve our objectives of uplifting poor rural women and communities. This was also to ensure long-term sustainability of the WDB Trust by becoming less reliant on donor funding.

INVESTMENT MANDATE
  • Generate regular cash flows in order to repatriate dividends to its main shareholder, the WDB Trust.
  • Build a portfolio of investments in diversified sectors and businesses: Consumer Goods & Services (including FMCG), Real Estate (residential and commercial property), Telecoms, Media & Technology, Education, Renewable Energy/Utilities, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Retail & Diversified Industries.
  • Achieve sustainable equity returns on our investments, by making equity investments in growth businesses that generate cash, and give market and sector related returns.
  • Build a sizeable capital base for our constituency.
  • Have meaningful operational and strategic influence in our investments.
  • Drive sustainable transformation within our investments with regards to women representation in executive roles, employment equity, skills development and procurement from small businesses.
WDB VALUE-ADD
  • Participates on investee boards: with representation in all our key investments, which allows us to have meaningful strategic influence and add value through access to our broad networks and relationships.
  • Brings proven track record and wealth of management experience and leadership to our investments: through our debt and equity raising capabilities and a combined experience of over 40 years in the financial services sector.
  • Promotes sustainable transformation: focusing on employment equity, skills development and facilitating the promotion of women into senior positions.
  • Focuses on enterprise development: assisting our partners in their enterprise development initiatives.
  • Contributes its own capital: considered per investment return profile and requires Investment Committee Approval.