Principal Profile

Atish is a strategic thinker and champion of the Gold Reef Capital Vision. He has a mechanical engineering background with over 10 years working experience. Atish has led project teams to success in some of the toughest environments and is now looking to use this resilience to buy and build great companies.
Atish holds an N6 in Mechanical Engineering, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Wits Business School and he has completed the Foundation Programme in Private Equity at GIBS.
Atish started his career in technical sales and soon progressed to project management, where he gained valuable leadership experience. Over the years, Atish has been exposed to every aspect of engineering and manufacturing companies, from conceptual design and engineering to manufacturing, finance and SHEQ management.
After seeing the overwhelming success of search funds and entrepreneurship through acquisition in the United States and Europe, Atish has been inspired to bring the search fund model to South Africa by acquiring and growing his own company, with the help of investors and advisors. Atish hopes to be an inspiration to others that may want to follow a similar career path.
With his broad experience, leadership skills and business acumen, Atish aims to raise capital, assemble the necessary expertise and acquire a suitable company that has a strong market position with promising growth prospects. Atish would like to leverage his personal experience and network in the engineering space, to lead the company to success.
Atish is an active member of the search fund community and constantly researching best practices on search funds and entrepreneurship through acquisition.
Atish would like to give business owners an opportunity to exit their businesses and add value to these companies with a keen focus on business development and continuous improvement.
Atish holds an N6 in Mechanical Engineering, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Wits Business School and he has completed the Foundation Programme in Private Equity at GIBS.
Atish started his career in technical sales and soon progressed to project management, where he gained valuable leadership experience. Over the years, Atish has been exposed to every aspect of engineering and manufacturing companies, from conceptual design and engineering to manufacturing, finance and SHEQ management.
After seeing the overwhelming success of search funds and entrepreneurship through acquisition in the United States and Europe, Atish has been inspired to bring the search fund model to South Africa by acquiring and growing his own company, with the help of investors and advisors. Atish hopes to be an inspiration to others that may want to follow a similar career path.
With his broad experience, leadership skills and business acumen, Atish aims to raise capital, assemble the necessary expertise and acquire a suitable company that has a strong market position with promising growth prospects. Atish would like to leverage his personal experience and network in the engineering space, to lead the company to success.
Atish is an active member of the search fund community and constantly researching best practices on search funds and entrepreneurship through acquisition.
Atish would like to give business owners an opportunity to exit their businesses and add value to these companies with a keen focus on business development and continuous improvement.