Director | Novitas Capital Advisors (Pty) Ltd
2012 - present

Corporate finance services and strategic advice to emerging market companies; namely -
• Raising venture finance, debt and project finance, growth equity finance;
• Advising on corporate restructuring including MBOs, succession planning, enterprise partnerships, and BEE transactions; and
• Advising on acquisitions, mergers and sale mandates.

Associate | Conarroe & Associates
2010 - 2011

Corporate finance advisors for the middle-market - assisting clients with
- Raising capital,
- Mergers & acquisitions,
- Divestitures,
- Black economic empowerment (BEE) and
- Turnaround issues.

Manager of Investments | Casey Family Programs
2008 - 2009

Accounting, Banking and Finance

First VP - Market Risk Manager | WaMu
2005 - 2008

Accounting, Banking and Finance

AVP - Market Risk Controlling | Deutsche Bank
2001 - 2005

Accounting, Banking and Finance

Equities and fixed income market risk management in New York and London. Covering proprietary, flow and internal hedge funds desks.

Audit Manager | Greenwoods Chartered Accountants
Cape Town, South Africa | 1998 - 2001

Accounting, Banking and Finance

Covered diverse services and industries from plastics manufacturing to agriculture and from property development to industrial supplies. Gained invaluable experience in taxation, structuring, business consulting, banking and transaction advisory.

St John's College, Johannesburg, South Africa (1992)

University of Cape Town

1993 - 1997

Post Graduate - Economics, Finance and Accounting

CFA Institute

Completed 2003

CFA - Chartered Financial Analyst

South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)

Completed 2001

CA(SA) - Chartered Accountant