About Us

The Tactus Group of Companies was founded in 2013 by three Chartered Accountants with a common vision of providing a best of breed suite of advisory services by employing a talented team of professionals with immense experience in M&A Advisory, BBBEE Advisory, Capital raisings, Cross Border Advisory, and Executive Education and Training.

The Tactus Group provides advisory services to a blue chip client base that includes listed companies, state owned entities, private companies, investment companies, multinationals, family owned businesses and high net worth individuals.

Our advisory services are executed by our three dedicated Companies:

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The Tactus team abides by the following values:

Our Core Values

  • Independence

    We value our independence and pride ourselves as being a trusted and objective adviser.

  • Superior Advice

    We aim to provide superior advice to our clients driven by our intellectual capital, high quality of work, our strong work ethic and innovative ideas.

  • Relationships

    We aim to build strong and lasting relationships with our clients.

  • Adding Value

    We only accept mandates where we remain confident that we would be adding distinct value to you – we are very discerning in choosing our clients in as much as they choose us.

  • Integrity

    We strongly embrace the values of integrity, transformation, honesty, corporate governanceand highest standards of ethics.

Our Team

Kurren Naicker

Kurren Naicker

Managing Director and Founder

Qualifications:
B.Com, PGDA, CA (SA), Level 1 CFA.
Years of experience:
22
Citizenship:
Born in South Africa
Specialism:
M&A, debt and equity raisings and restructurings, BEE equity transactions, private equity, valuations, venture capital, board positions, legal agreement negotiations, deal origination, and structuring, and M&A strategy.
Biography:
Previously worked at PwC and PwC Corporate Finance in South Africa and India.
Founder of Tactus Capital, Mr-Mak Learning, ZKR Capital, Health X Capital, and PuRK Energy.
Local shareholder to GL Events S.A.
Sector experience covering healthcare, renewable energy, manufacturing, FMCG, and ICT.

Zahid Fakey

Zahid Fakey

Director

Qualifications:
B.Com, PGDA, CA (SA).
Years of experience:
26
Citizenship:
Born in South Africa.
Specialism:
Business development, M&A strategy, corporate governance, and board directorships.
Biography:
Previously, Zahid was a partner at PwC, leading the risk assurance practice for Kwa-Zulu Natal and Swaziland.
Zahid has worked in South Africa and 18 other countries.
His industry experience includes healthcare, automotive, retail, FMCG, government, and financial services.
Some of Zahid’s clients include the JMH Group, Lenmed, Toyota, Unilever, Spar, Grindrod, NBI, and DoH.
Zahid serves on the boards of Albaraka Islamic Bank and Dube Tradeport Corporation.
Zahid is also a leadership trainer and executive mentor to current and future leaders.
Zahid is one of the founders of weFEEDsa, an NPO based in Durban, and ZKR Capital, a mid-market private equity fund based in Durban.