MR. MARTIN MAKGATLHE
Founder and CEO, Motswedi Securities
Martin is a pioneer of both the asset management and stockbroking industries in Botswana. He started his career as a Research Analyst at the Bank of Botswana before joining Stockbrokers Botswana at inception as Head of Dealing. He would later move on to join Investec Asset Management Botswana, again at its very early stages as a Portfolio Manager. Martin would later go back to the stockbroking industry by setting up Investec Securities Botswana for the Investec Group as the Founding Managing Director. In 2000, Martin and his family acquired this business from the Investec Group and renamed it Motswedi Securities. He currently serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Motswedi Securities, as well as that of Motswedi Securities Lesotho.
He has also been instrumental in the establishment and continued development of both the Botswana Stock Exchange, as well as the Maseru Securities Markets (MSM) in Lesotho, in different capacities. Martin has also served on the Boards of various big companies and Institutions in Botswana, both in the public and private sector spaces. He is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Letshego Financial Services Botswana (LFSB), as well as a Trustee of the Sir Ketumile
Masire Foundation.
In September 2021, Martin was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Botswana Oil Limited.
His notable previous Directorships include:
- BotswanaPost (Chairman)
- Vision 2016 Council (Chairman)
- Presidential Task Team on Vision 2036 (Deputy Chairman)
- Botswana Building Society
- Botswana Stock Exchange Limited
- Central Securities Depository of Botswana Limited