André Steyn

Mr. André Steyn is a Chief Executive Officer at Steyn Capital Management (Pty) Ltd.
He is also a Portfolio Manager of the firm, which he founded in 2008.
From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Steyn was the CEO of Temujin Fund Management UK, the UK arm of a billion dollar New York based hedge fund.
At Temujin, he was responsible for all non-US investments comprising a long/short portfolio of approximately USD2 billion.
Mr. Steyn founded the UK office and built it into a team of five professionals.
From 2002 to 2004, he was an investment associate at Ziff Brothers Investments, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund.
At Ziff Brothers, Mr. Steyn performed fundamental research for the purpose of recommending new investments for the firm’s capital, and generated significant alpha by shorting companies with poor earnings quality.
He began his career at Andersen in 1998, completing his Chartered Accountant articles in Cape Town before transferring to the New York Mergers & Acquisitions practice where he advised companies and private equity funds on acquisitions.
He is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst, and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.