Joel Bryce

Prior to co-founding Essential Holdings, Joel was the Chief Investment Officer for a $1.5B investment holding company managing asset-intensive businesses in South Africa & Australia.  He led M&A, Capital Allocation, Disposals, and Strategy. Before this, Joel spent 5 years at Deloitte in Boston focused on general M&A and strategy practices, and before that working with the Federal Reserve Bank during the 2008 financial crisis.

Joel has a passion for exploring the next frontier … in his old Defender in rural Africa with his two daughters, or at his desk analysing hidden growth prospects of great small businesses.

Joel earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics & Finance from William Jewell College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.