Bernard Mostert

Bernard is the founder of Atticus and a member of the company’s executive committee. He is responsible for Atticus’ strategy, its investor relations, its client relations and its marketing and sales programmes.

Prior to founding Atticus, Bernard was employed by Ramsay Son and Parker, Touchline Media and Golf Data respectively. Bernard holds a B.Comm Degree from the University of Stellenbosch, where in his final year he was awarded the Association of Marketers’ Gold Medal as the best student in Marketing Management. He was also named the Best Student in the field of Business Economics and Corporate Finance. He also holds an honours degree in Journalism from the University of Stellenbosch, as well as an MBA (Cum Laude) from the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business, where he was recipient of the Allan Gray Award for the best student in the field of Corporate Strategy.

Bernard is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organisation and serves as the Network Chair for Africa for YPO.

Stelio Zakkas

Stelio Zakkas is a founding partner of Atticus and a member of the company’s executive committee. He is responsible for most of Atticus’ operations and handles contractual requirements across the group’s investments.

Stelio attended St Johns College in Johannesburg and thereafter studied B.Comm Law at the University of Johannesburg. He completed his LLB in 2002 and then served his articles at leading Intellectual Property Law firm Adams & Adams working directly under renowned litigator Eugene Eybers.

Stelio is an entrepreneur at heart and was attracted to Atticus because he is passionate about Africa’s growth prospects and believes the company provides unequalled service in terms of advisory work and representation with regards to African distributorships and entry strategies.

Julie Mostert

Julie is a founding partner of Atticus and a member of the company’s executive committee. She is the managing executive of BrandConnect, a subsidiary of Atticus, which she founded.

Julie holds a B.Comm and PDM from University of Witwatersrand and an MBA (Cum Laude) from the University of Cape Town where she was a recipient of Old Mutual’s Gold Medal.

Prior to founding BrandConnect, Julie spent almost a decade in Corporate Finance with Ernst & Young, ultimately specialising in Corporate Valuations.

Julie is passionate about marketing strategy and brings to our clients a unique approach given her foundation in finance and her understanding of marketing strategy and its metrics.

To contact the Atticus executive committee please email jessica@atticus.co.za or call us on +27 11 027 7528.