Experience

Vula

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jan 2023 - 1 year

  London, England, United Kingdom Vula massively simplifies the fundraising process for African founders across grants, debt, and equity



Entrepreneur First

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Founder in Residence

  • Oct 2022 - Apr 2023

  London, United Kingdom Co-founded a team successfully backed by EF in their LD19 cohort. Selected from 1000+ applicants to join Entrepreneur First’s platform and work with a community of entrepreneurs and leading advisors to find a co-founder, and build a company from scratch.



McKinsey & Company

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate

  • Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

  London, England, United Kingdom

• Business Analyst

  • Oct 2020 - Oct 2022

  London, England, United Kingdom



InfoDocs (Pty) Ltd.

• Automation Specialist

  • Sep 2018 - Oct 2020

  Port Alfred, South Africa Working to develop an always-online email bot for client interaction on AWS. Developed automated interface with external systems for information gathering, processing and storage.



Playground at Work

• Data Analyst

  • Jun 2018 - Dec 2019

  Joahnnesburg, South Africa Building and maintaining online platforms for automated data collection from a wide variety of client environments. Collating and analyzing subjective and objective sets of data and creating templates from which the implementation teams present.



NixPix

• United States
• Medical Practices

• Photographer & Videographer

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2019

  London, United Kingdom Professional services specializing in photography and videography production. Clients have included Facebook, Jaguar, Reuters, the SABC, Dalberg and the Arts and Culture Trust of South Africa. Photography work has featured in a number of print and online publications, including ELLE magazine, 10and5, OkayAfrica, Legacy Project and SubKultcha magazine. Included in numerous gallery exhibitions, in South Africa, Sweden and Belgium.



University of the Witwatersrand

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant - Brain-Computer Interface

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Johannesburg Area, South Africa Assisted AK Mohamed with his PhD thesis project. The project is a multi-faceted approach to creating a prosthetic hand through brain-computer interfaces using EEG and processing Electrophysical signals. My responsibilities included the research and design of an experimental, ergonomic apparatus for the measurement of hand-force data and interfacing with different university departments to obtain the necessary measurement tools and resources.



Urban Brew Studios

• South Africa
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Television Presenter

  • Jun 2009 - Dec 2012

  Johannesburg, South Africa Worked as a presenter on South Africa's most popular kids and youth show - YoTV. Presented and co-produced a science and technology show called "Blast" which aired weekly for 2 years.



HDI Youth Marketeers

• South Africa
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brand Consultant

  • Jan 2002 - Dec 2012

  Johannesburg, South Africa Chairman of the "Junior Board of Directors". A regular focus-group which consulted with kids and youth on brand approaches to engagement. Clients included Microsoft, KFC and Sun International.



HIP2B2 (hip to be square)

• South Africa
• Education Administration Programs

• Brand Ambassador

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2011

  Johannesburg, South Africa HIP2B² was launched in 2002 as part of the Mark Shuttleworth’s First African in Space Campaign.The goal of the organization was to promote STEM subjects to young people in South Africa.