At OIH, our Advisorty Board of Directors plays a pivotal role in guiding our strategic direction, ensuring sound governance practices, and upholding our commitment to excellence. Comprised of accomplished professionals and industry leaders, our Board brings a wealth of experience and expertise to every decision, driving our continued success and sustainable growth.

It currently comprises of the folowing Governance Structure

Chief Executive Officer

At OIH, our Executive Management Team brings together a diverse group of leaders with extensive experience, strategic vision, and a shared commitment to driving growth and innovation across our portfolio of investments. With a focus on excellence, collaboration, and integrity, our leadership team is dedicated to delivering value for our investors, partners, and stakeholders.

Meet Our Executive Management Team

1. Chief Executive Officer

[Relebohile Liphoto brings 30 years of experience in Finance and Management , with a proven track record of business leadership. Prior to founding OIH joining he held key executive roles at MG Health Ltd, FNB Lesotho, Standard Lesotho Bank, Nedbank Lesotho and Lesotho Bank, where he spearheaded initiatives that include leading establishing Business and VIP Banking, leading Corporate and Investment Banking and founding Executive leading corporate services and company secretarial duties of the first Medical Cannabis. As CEO, he is responsible for executive leadership of OIH, identfying and evaluating investment opporuntiies and stakeholder relations management].

2. Chief Operating Officer

With a background in technology, education, management, and consutancy, ‘Mecha Lehasa brings 15 years of experience in operations management, process optimization, and strategic planning. He previously served as Managing Director at MJL Consulting (Pty) Ltd, where he was instrumental in business incubation, business development, feasibility studies, and microfinance fund raising and deal structuring. His instrumental operational roles saw the inception and growth of enterprise outfits within which he is currently invlolved, namely Ctrack Lesotho and Glasfit Maseru. As COO, he oversees all business strategic opeations with inclinations to technical aspects and business analysis.

3. GROUP ACCOUNTANT

A seasoned finance professional, Tsireletso Kotelo has 10 years of experience in financial management, investment analysis, management accounting, and risk assessment. He previously held senior positions at BAM Group, where he played a key role in setting up best practises finacial accouting for a deverse group and leading the finance team and credit control teams. As CFO, [he/she] is responsible for managing revenu collections management accounting financial analysis and advisory to the excutive team and mangement teams of underlying companies.

4. AUDIT & RISK MANAGER

A goal focused, results-driven and detail orientated professional with experience in the auto and Tech Iindustries. Toko Matsela brings 5 years of experience in technology strategy, innovation, and digital transformation. He has a proven track record of driving enteprise risk mangement through implementation of processes, tools and systems that help to identify, assess measure, monitor and report risk. He is well adept in analytic problem assesing and formulating strategic action plans and resolving complex challenges

5. IT MANAGER

Product orientated IT Manager with more than 7 years deep technical experience developing, implimenting and supporting complex infrastructure for fast growing start-ups in the auto industry. Highly adept in cuber security and networks

Contact Our Executive Management Team:

We value open communication and welcome inquiries, feedback, and collaboration opportunities. If you wish to contact a member of our Executive Management Team, please email info@oih.co.ls

OUR BUSINESS MODEL

OIH (Pty) originates investment transactions through Obel Consulting and when the project aligns with the companies investment criteria OIH it takes shareholding in the company as demostration of its commitment to the assignment and believe in the concept. It continues to participate in the investment and incubate the opporunity and where necessary particiaptes in the executive management of the project.
In the management of the project it adopts a philosophy of decentralised management, which means that its investee companies have autonomous management, independent governanace structure, while OIH (Pty) Ltd exerts its influence through non-executive representation on the boards of these companies. OIH’s involvement is thus mainly focused on the provision of support and oversight rather than on being involved in the day-to-day management of its investee companies.

BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY

OIH takes a pragmatic approach in investing, it considers investments in projects or business concepts that are aligned with our values and purpose, with sound management teams, that have the potential to deliver superior earnings, sustainable cash flow generation and dividend growth over the long term. OIH strategic alliances lean on a partnership/franchise/agency or any other approprate model that adds value and considerably mitigates risk in the specific project.

As a values-led business, OIH acknowledges its critical role of responsible stewardship to manage its assets and pursue new investments in line with its investment philosophy of “pursuit for growth and creating inter-generational wealth through sage investment principles” that drive our investment decision-making to deliver sustainable financial returns whilst fostering a positive, measurable impact.

We strive to ensure impact is purposefully integrated throughout the investment lifecycle and where sustainable value can be generated over the longterm through a continuous focus to improve performance. OIH is committed to helping its investee companies shape their approach to ensure our investments reflect our ambition to create environmental, social and economic change throughout our ecosystem and investment lifecycle.

INVESTMENT CRITERIA

- Investments in entities where OIH can identify sustainable value over the longterm
- Preference for unlisted investments
- Emphasis on investments that deliver superior financial returns, whilst fostering a positive, measurable social and/or environmental impact
- Investments that align with OIH’s values and purpose to create sustainable stakeholder value
- Focus on Lesotho investments and other African countries through investee companies
- Will consider investments in other countries on an opportunistic basis

Primary sector focus:

ICT

Financial Services

Automotive

Infrastructure & Manufacturing

INVESTMENT DECISIONS

Our investment decisions are based on the following:

Impactful investments

Expected return on investment in excess of OIHs internal minimum rate of return

Technical and feasibility merit

Economic merit

Viability of products and services and their lifecycles

Sount Corporate Governance structure

Barriers to entry