Johnny is founder and Chief Investment Officer of SAIL Investments, where he also leads the Investment Committee. He has a diverse background in business development and investment strategy for companies across South Africa, North America and Europe. He started his career at JP Morgan Securities and held a role at a Cape Town-based boutique asset manager, accumulating over 17 years of investment experience in developed, emerging, and frontier markets.

Before joining SAIL, Johnny initiated an innovative financing unit at the Dutch agency IDH, pioneering early blended finance transactions in global supply chains. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance from SOAS University of London, UK, a PE specialisation from London Business School and a Business Science degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Michael is the Chief Sustainability Officer of SAIL Investments, and a member of SAIL’s investment committee. He has over 25 years of experience, having previously worked for Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa products, including managing the Cocoa Horizons Foundation. At global agribusiness and food company Bunge, he oversaw Africa for their asset management and environmental markets team. He was the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Gold Standard Foundation, a non-governmental organisation that established quantification and impact maximisation standards.  

Michael’s career began by advancing sustainable energy financing at the United Nations and working as a management consultant. He is a trained scientist and holds Master’s degrees in Geography from the University of Basel, Switzerland, and in Industrial Environmental Economics from Lund University, Sweden.

Murilo is a senior executive with extensive experience in the agribusiness sector, including over 20 years with Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), and significant international exposure, having lived in the European Union, the US and China. Murilo has held several C-level positions in different countries and commodities, always integrating sustainability as a core pillar of company strategies and development.  

He served for seven years as CEO of LDC in Brazil, overseeing 11,000 employees, and two years as CSO (Global Chief Sustainability Officer) for LDC, managing 22,000 employees and overseeing over US$60bn in revenue. He was also a board member of ALZ, a major grain trading and logistics company in Brazil with over US$1.2bn in revenue, and a board member of Strada, an agri/fintech startup for logistics solutions, now valued at over US$2bn in revenue.  

Murilo began his career studying agricultural economics and working on microfinance projects for agriculture. He also developed a web-based venture to trade wheat before joining LDC as a trainee. Murilo holds a specialisation in corporate governance from Columbia Business School, USA. He has a Master’s degree in Business Economics from Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil, and a major in Agriculture Engineering from University of São Paulo, Brazil.