Committed to the vision of businesses, communities and ecosystems thriving together.

At ThirdWay Partners, we embrace a new way of investing that transcends the traditional divide between philanthropy and purely economic returns. We call this approach “Thinking Anew.”

Our Team

We are a People Business.

We pride ourselves on our team’s diversity, representing a multitude of cultures and languages, which works together collectively as a unit to create impact for our clients and ourselves. As a group of lateral thinkers, we strive to solve some the world’s most pressing problems, and ensure we push the boundaries to create and scale sustainable, impact-led businesses.

Lucía González / Director

Lucía González

Director

  • Over 10 years of international experience in private investments

  • Worked at British International Investment (formerly CDC Group) in London looking at private direct investment opportunities in Africa and Southeast Asia across multiple sectors

  • Prior to this, she worked at GED, a generalist mid-market Private Equity firm

  • She started her career interning at the Economic & Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Mumbai, India

  • MBA from INSEAD and Bachelor’s degree in Business and Finance from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Laurinda Jose Antonio Mawelele / Office Assistant

Laurinda Jose Antonio Mawelele

Office Assistant

  • Professional experience in office support and cashier roles

  • Educated to Grade 12 at Escola Secundaria de Laulane, Maputo

  • Native Portuguese speaker and proficient in English

Wade Osborne / Analyst

Wade Osborne

Associate

  • BSc in Environmental Science and Economics, and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Cape Town.

  • Diverse background in SMME business consulting and fundraising.

  • Experience in developing financial forecast models.

Alejandro A. Tawil / Co-Founding Partner – Chairman

Alejandro A. Tawil

Co-Founding Partner – Chairman

  • 30 years experience in the global financial markets​

  • 10+ years experience in private equity and blended finance in Africa​

  • Leads TWP’s senior-level institutional relations with development partners, corporate clients, governments and institutional investors​

  • Chairman of the Board of Machangulo S.A.​

  • Founder, President and CEO of The Confidas Group, a multi-family office which manages US $1bn+ from ultra-high net worth clients ​

  • Prior to this, Partner and Managing Director at Oppenheimer & Company​

Nick Tunnicliffe / Director

Nick Tunnicliffe

Director

  • Nick joins ThirdWay from Rand Merchant Bank’s Investment Banking Division, where he spent 8 years in various capacities within the Bank’s debt origination team.

  • Recently, he has specialised in structured private financing structures, with a keen focus on providing solutions to alternative lending businesses providing critical funding to the SMME market in South Africa, a key catalyst to economic growth.

  • He has experience across a number of asset classes, industries and transaction structures and over his career has been responsible for a number of landmark transaction closures.

  • A Cape Town native where he studied a Bachelor of Business Science degree, specializing in finance, from the University of Cape Town.

In leaving behind the construct of traditional philanthropy in contradistinction to exclusively economic returns, a new paradigm arises.

At the frontier of this new paradigm, we are enabling a ThirdWay of investing. Through our advisory and asset management services, we facilitate a conversation between private capital, large development organizations and regional governments assisting them in finding new models of cooperation for sustainable development. 

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At ThirdWay Partners, we embrace a new way of investing that transcends the traditional divide between philanthropy and purely economic returns. We call this approach “Thinking Anew.”

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