Jonathan Hertz

Director and Founder

Jonathan co-founded Zeta in 2017 and Jonathan is an executive director of Zeta Asset Management. After qualifying as an actuary, Jonathan was appointed managing director of Safrican, a leading low cost insurer in South Africa before joining Peregrine in 2000 as Chief Operating Officer.In 2006, Jonathan co-founded Caveo Fund Solutions, a fund of hedge fund business, as a joint venture between Peregrine and Investment Solutions. Today, the business is the largest fund of hedge funds in South Africa with more than ZAR10bn in assets under management. In May 2008, he founded South Africa Alpha Capital Management (“SAACM”), a Bermuda domiciled investment management business housing the US Dollar class of several of the leading hedge funds trading in Sub-Saharan African securities. SAACM currently manages and advises funds with around USD750 million in assets under management. In 2013, he joined Peregrine Holdings Limited as their Chief Executive Officer, a post he held until August 2017.