Vice President
NTT
Total years of experience :14 years, 11 Months
- Head a team of mergers and acquisitions experts, based in South Africa
- Work on buy side and sell side opportunities on behalf of the company, advising both the regional management, investment committee, board of directors and shareholder
- Conclude approximately 8 international transactions a year
- Sit on the board of our treasury and portfolio companies
- Part of the global senior management team (500 / 50 000)
- Team performs all functions of M&A process - business development, target list, valuation, due diligence, legal, structuring, tax, post deal management
Worked as a Senior Manager in Deloitte's Africa Corporate Finance team, specifically within the Mergers & Acquisitions team
Managed a team of 10 junior dealmakers
Specific focus on Africa and international transactions
Worked in the Barclays Wealth and Investment Management team after completing university
Great learning experience working in a highly regarded team in SA
Part of the Barclays talent management programme
Assets under management in excess of $20 billion
Completed an MBA in 2012 at Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) GIBS is rated as the #1 business school in Africa Completed an international module in the US in 2012 Focus of MBA was on Corporate Finance, specifically Mergers & Acquisitions
Completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honours in 2008 Specific focus on Economics, Maths and Finance
Completed high school at one one of South Africa's top schools Had a scholarship for 5 years Traveled to Australia on cricket tour Provincial cricket team Provincial squash team Prefect and head of grade