Meet the Team
Executive Team
Linden Booth
Co-Founder
Linden is an experienced fin-tech entrepreneur with a focus on building investment platforms for investing into the US real estate market.
Werner Calitz
Chief Technical Officer
Werner is an accomplished software engineer and managerial veteran with a proven track record in the financial services, banking, card switching, capital markets, and property sectors.
Robin Booth
Co-Founder
Robin is a respected thought leader, seasoned entrepreneur, and savvy investor constantly seeking to automate and replicate success.
Mercia Jankowitz
Chief Product Officer
Mercia brings over a decade of Product leadership experience, working with cross-functional teams and successfully delivering digital investment platforms focused on user experience.
Maribel Montero
Chief Business Officer
Maribel has consulted for and worked within private family offices for most of her career from investment, advisory, and fundraising capacities.
Advisory and Investment Committee
Henk Barnhoorn
Netherlands
Advisory and Investment Committee
Henk brings decades of investment experience across alternative assets, with in-depth financial and regulatory oversight expertise.
Barclay T. Leib
United States
Due Dilligence Consultant
Barclay has managed Sand Spring Advisors LLC as an alternative asset and financial investigative firm for the past 24 years, serving institutional and family office investors.
Peter Leung
Hong Kong
Real Estate Expert
Peter is a highly experienced and accomplished real estate professional with a diverse portfolio spanning three continents. His expertise ranges across residential buildings to mixed use industrial and commercial buildings.
Strategic Partners
Khepri
Regulatory Host
United Kingdom
Khepri is one of the largest players in the UK regulatory hosting space, and provide Sequure the ability to conduct certain regulated activity in the UK under Khepri’s license.
Thompson Taraz
Fund Management and Administration
United Kingdom
Thompson Taraz has been providing AIFM, Operator, and Administrator services to real asset fund managers for over 30 years, providing expert support throughout the lifecycle of funds.
Capricorn Corporate Services
Corporate Services
United Kingdom
Capricorn Corporate Services UK is a Company Service Provider. The Capricorn UK group provides multi-family office services, out of London, Hong Kong, Johannesburg and Malta.
Linden Booth
Over the last decade Linden has led project teams developing investment platforms for non-US investors into US real assets. Based out of South Africa, Linden has operated on the front edge of the fin-tech movement towards democratising private assets.
Linden’s strength lies in enterprise level strategic product development, building systems and business models that match compliance and business requirements with the needs and wants of financial service firms, institutional and HNW investors.
His vision for Sequure is rooted in his passion for integrity, accountability, and delivering unrivaled service. He is fervently committed to Sequure’s mission of creating a safe, compliant, and investor-centric platform, a commitment he demands from every team member and partner.
Robin Booth
Robin is a respected thought leader, seasoned entrepreneur, and savvy investor who brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record to Sequure.
Winner of the International Mega Entrepreneur award in Los Angeles in 2016 and the South African Real Estate Investor of the Year award in 2017, Robin’s successes are a testament to his prowess in the real estate sector.
With a diverse investment background spanning both South Africa and the USA, Robin has developed a unique perspective and deep understanding of global real estate markets. His entrepreneurial journey, underscored by an unyielding commitment to innovation and value creation, adds a dynamic element to Sequure’s leadership.
As the co-founder of Sequure, Robin is intent on fostering robust relationships between top US fund managers and Global investors. His relentless focus on customer experience and process simplification guides Sequure’s mission: to transform complex investment processes into a streamlined, user-friendly experience for global investors.
At the heart of Robin’s leadership is his drive to empower others in their wealth creation journey. He sees Sequure as a powerful tool for this purpose—a platform that demystifies the world of private equity real estate and opens the door to rewarding investment opportunities. His vision and dedication to Sequure’s mission ensure that it is a pioneering force in the global real estate investment landscape.
Maribel Montero
Maribel has consulted for and worked within private offices for most of her career from investment, advisory, and fundraising capacities: prior to this, she worked within fixed income for tier-one investment banks. She holds an MA in History of Art from Edinburgh University and the CAIA designation.
After 7yrs within Banking Maribel moved into Business Development selling products to Hedge Funds and Private Client industries. From here her Direct Investments career took off. For the last 10yrs she has been consulting her services to a number of Family Offices (Single & Multi), HNWI’s and Institutions across the UK, Europe and ME. She has extensive experience sourcing, analysing and evaluating both traditional and alternative investments (fund structure and direct).
Werner Calitz
As an accomplished software engineer and managerial veteran with a proven track record in the financial services, banking, card switching, capital markets, and property sectors, he brings extensive expertise and diverse experience to the tech-driven world of alternative investments at Sequure.
As Chief Technology Officer at Sequure, he is primarily responsible for overseeing the development and effective implementation of our platform. This involves utilizing a vast array of platforms, architectures, and technologies to create an accessible and secure gateway for HNW and UHNW individuals to invest in exclusive PERE funds.
From nurturing nascent teams to steering established ones, he has the skillset to cultivate an environment of efficiency, synergy, and innovation. His aim is not just to lead, but to empower each team member, leveraging their unique strengths, addressing their challenges, and nurturing a culture centered on delivering superior solutions.
In this fast-evolving digital landscape, he thrives on guiding passionate teams of engineers to master their craft, translating complex business needs into streamlined tech solutions. He believes that adding value – to our customers, our team, and our company – is our collective mission.
Mercia Jankowitz
Mercia Jankowitz is a Senior Product Owner and Product Operations Manager with a proven track record in collaborating with cross-functional teams and successfully delivering digital investment platforms focused on user experience.
Her experience in leading Agile software development teams through multiple iterations of fractional ownership platforms to realise the product vision has given her in-depth knowledge and insight into the compliance, technology and business use cases required for the Sequure platform.
Henk Barnhoorn
Henk Barnhoorn brings a wealth of experience to Sequure’s investment committee.
Henk Barnhoorn brings a wealth of experience to Sequure’s investment committee.
Currently he is Chief Operating Officer at Creation Capital, a regulated private credit asset manager, overseeing both domestic and international operations. At Geneva Management Group, a financial services group with total AUM of then approximately $2bn , he held the position as CFO. With decades of risk and financial experience across alternative assets, Henk is ideally-positioned to assist Sequure source, due diligence, and select blue-chip managers.
His foundational role in global accounting and financial reporting with Plantronics Inc, a NSE-listed entity, combined with his tenure as a senior manager at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in the Netherlands, brings in-depth financial and regulatory oversight capabilities to the team.
Furthermore, as a Chartered Accountant and holding an Executive MBA from Erasmus University the Netherlands, Henk’s educational background solidifies his position as a leader in the industry.
Barclay T. Leib
Barclay T. Leib, CAIA, CFE serves as an on-the-ground due diligence consulting resource to Sequure based in Morristown, NJ, USA. He has managed Sand Spring Advisors LLC as an alternative asset and financial investigative firm for the past 24 years, mostly serving the family office community.
Mr. Leib holds Chartered Alternative Investment Advisor (CAIA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credentials, together with active FINRA Series 7, 63, and 65 licenses.
Over the past seven years, Mr. Leib has also served as an Expert Witness in various litigation matters related to hedge funds, real estate investments, securities manipulation, proper due diligence, and fiduciary duty. Mr. Leib has also written on such topics for the CFA Institute.
Mr. Leib spent the first twenty years of his career working as a senior portfolio manager involved with the management of a variety of asset classes (currency, commodity, fixed income, equity, and real estate investments) first at JP Morgan and later at PaineWebber, Goldman Sachs, Barclays Bank, and Societe Generale. Mr. Leib was originally a Wilson Scholar graduate of Princeton University’s School of International and Public Affairs in 1981.
Capricorn Corporate Services
Capricorn Corporate Services UK is a Company Service Provider, registered with the HMRC in the UK. The Capricorn UK group was founded in 2009 with one of its key strategic pillars being multi-family services. It is a family- owned private investment firm with offices in Johannesburg, London, Hong Kong and Malta. The firm’s approach is grounded in family values.
The Capricorn Corporate Services group was established primarily to provide corporate services for the Capricorn group of companies. With our personal and proactive approach, we have expanded to be able to offer these services to third party clients. We allow our clients to focus on their business needs while we take care of their administrative, bookkeeping, secretarial and statutory needs.
Capricorn Corporate Services UK’s objective has always been to offer a professional quality service usually associated with a larger firm, but with the pragmatism, flexibility, and personal touch of a smaller focused team in a family office environment.
Capricorn is an associate of Yellowwoods, whose investments include: the Hollard Group (a global insurance business and South Africa’s largest privately-owned insurance company), the Redsands Group, Auto & General, Clientele and the Budget Group; Nando’s, an international restaurant group; Spier Wine Farm and Hotel and &Beyond, luxury game lodges in Southern Africa and South America.
Khepri
Khepri provides compliance consulting, regulatory hosting, fund management and fund administration services to over 100 clients across the four business lines.
Their regulatory hosting service, which Sequure will be utilising, provides the ability for firms to conduct certain regulated activity in the UK under Khepri’s license. With approximately 60 Appointed Representatives acting with Khepri as their Principal firm, they are one of the largest players in the UK regulatory hosting space.
They support businesses across all main and alternative asset classes, from fintech start-ups to venture capital fund advisers, and have specific experience working with firms whose mission is to increase the democratisation of private equity investing
Thompson Taraz
Thompson Taraz has been supporting real asset fund managers for over 30 years, and has acted in various roles on hundreds of real estate investment structures.
Their responsiveness and flexibility through tailored solutions allows their clients to execute and innovate, with the confidence of knowing they are working alongside professionals.
Whether acting as AIFM, Operator, or Administrator they give their partners the confidence to focus on what they do best, by providing expert support throughout the lifecycle of funds from conception through to winding up.
Peter Leung
Peter Leung is a highly experienced and accomplished real estate professional with a diverse portfolio spanning three continents. His expertise ranges across residential buildings to mixed use industrial and commercial buildings.
He serves as an advisor to family offices and high-net-worth individuals in both Asia and North America offering valuable insights for growing and managing their real estate investments.
He is trusted to provide valuable insights and unbiased guidance in managing and growing their real estate investments.