Alton leads the Growth Catalyst & Listed Equities at the Industrial Development Corporation, a position he has held since August 2021. He serves as a Non-executive Director on the boards of a number of companies, including Play Africa Group, Coidlink and Adenia Capital.
Since May 2005, he served as an investment professional at Sanlam Private Equity (“SPE”). In January 2012, he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of SPE, a position he held up to January 2019.
During his tenure at SPE, he was responsible for strategy development and implementation as well as representing Sanlam on various investee company Boards.
Prior to SPE Alton spent three years at the Industrial Development Corporation. Alton is a qualified CA(SA) and a CFA Charter holder from the CFA Institute in the USA.