What was the rationale more than twenty years ago to create Bidvest and does that hold true today?
Bidvest was founded by chief executive Brian Joffe. The idea was to raise capital to acquire, fix and develop underperforming services business, consolidate what was a highly fragmented support services sector and create the enabling working conditions for people to enjoy their work and flourish. That holds true to this day. Bidvest businesses aim to be top of their game and where new opportunities present themselves within the chosen sphere of business support services we assess on the merits. South Africa is a developing country with a shortage of key skills and the Bidvest structure has proved successful at harnessing and channelling scarce resources optimally.
