Timothy Souter

A seasoned financial expert with expertise garnered in Europe and Africa, Tim Souter offers over 15 years of financial leadership experience across several industries and sectors including technology, telecoms, financial and investment services.

Prior to joining Appzone, Tim served as a Partner at Ethos Private Equity SA where he was responsible for origination, execution and portfolio management of the tech and telecommunications sectors.

Tim was also involved in several non-TMT businesses during his time at Ethos, and his portfolio operated and invested across 10+ countries in sub-Saharan Africa. As an active investor and shareholder, he has also held non-executive directorships across his investment portfolio as well as being Chairperson of various subcommittees over the years.

Tim Souter served as non-executive director on the board of Eaton Towers, an independent tower company present in six countries.

He more recently sat on the board of Echo, a corporate ISP, where he played an instrumental role in expanding the business into eight additional African countries through acquisition.

Prior to his role at Ethos, Tim was part of the EMEA TMT advisory team at Macquarie Capital, based in Johannesburg, South Africa and Chicago, USA.

Tim holds a Master of Finance degree from INSEAD and is a CFA charterholder. He also holds a Bachelor of Business Science from the University of Cape Town.