Mergon
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Our Mergon Journey S2 Ep 1: Francois as a business builder
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode, Mergon CEO Pieter Faure invites founder Francois van Niekerk to reflect on his personal business journey and the pivotal even...
Our Mergon Journey S2 Ep 2: Francois as business leader and dealmaker
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Founder Francois van Niekerk and Mergon CEO Pieter Faure journey through the halls of Francois' entrepreneurial career in the 1990s. They explore...
Our Mergon Journey S2 Ep 3: Mergon through the seasons
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be a steward of your business instead of its owner? Mergon founder Francois van Niekerk explores this question with host Pieter F...
Our Mergon Journey S2 Ep 4: Francois’ next season
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode, Francois and Pieter reflect on the post-2008 years when Francois transitioned his leadership and took on more of a mentorship...
Our Mergon Journey Ep 9: Building One Mergon
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last 40 years, Mergon has grown into a multi-faceted organisation that has learned how to leverage cross-industry insight and experience. In ...
Our Mergon Journey Ep 8: Maturing in Mergon's identity
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Our Mergon Journey, Pieter Faure, Almero Strauss and Keri-Leigh Paschal comment on the growth pains Mergon experienced in maturing ...
Our Mergon Journey Ep 7: Power of the collective
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Our Mergon Journey series, Pieter Faure interviews Lauren Cloete-Henning and Keri-leigh Paschal about the origins of Muthobi, Natio...
Our Mergon Journey Ep 6: From conduit to catalyst
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pieter Faure, Neil Hart and Danie Vermeulen discuss the Mergon Foundation journey, and what they have learned about redemptive practi...
Our Mergon Journey Ep 5: Partnering for success and significance
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive deeper into Mergon’s journey as investment entrepreneurs. We discuss Mergon’s portfolio mandate, personal experiences in ...
Our Mergon Journey Ep 4: Beauty in small beginnings
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pieter Faure, Almero Strauss and Lauren Cloete-Henning share some of their learning experiences as a small new team. At the time, the...
Our Mergon Journey Ep 3: A season of transitions
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dick van der Walt provides insights into Mergon’s leadership transition around 2008, when founder Francois van Niekerk handed over ...
Our Mergon Journey Ep 2: Laying a strong foundation
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Our Mergon Journey series, Pieter Faure, Gauché Radley and Almero Strauss share their memories of Mergon’s early days. They reme...
Our Mergon Journey Ep 1: Introduction to the series
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Our Mergon Journey, a podcast series that offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the heart of Mergon. In this episode we find out a bit mo...