Years of Experience

More than 20 years in the financial services sector

Career

• Completed articles at PWC

• Corporate finance manager at Absa Capital, with significant experience in several aspects of investment banking including mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, regulatory matters, BEE transactions, privatisation, and management buy-outs

• Private equity consultant with international fund focused mainly on resource investments in sub-Saharan Africa. The fund was backed by NewYork listed Och-ZiffCapital
  • techno-economic evaluation of resources opportunities
  • working together with geologists, mining engineers, and various other consultants to analyse and evaluate opportunities
  • presentation of opportunities to the investment committee
  • post investment management
  • experience across a wide range of commodities including coal, gold, uranium, iron ore, copper, and diamonds

• Established Gem Capital in 2012 as a corporate finance and advisory services company

Achievements

Major completed assignments include:

• Structured and implemented Absa Group’s empowerment transaction with the Batho Bonke consortium

• R4 billion fundraising for Batho Bonke Consortium

• Advised the Zambezi Platinum Consortium on the R4 billion empowerment transaction with Northam Platinum

• Advised the Industrial Development Corporation on the transaction that resulted in the formation of Kumba Iron Ore and ExxaroResources