Experience

Blenheim Chalcot

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 100 - 200 Employee

• PIM

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  We are the UK's leading digital venture builderOur approach to transforming industries has always been the same. We identify high growth sectors, typically undergoing some market, technology or regulatory discontinuity, and look to build scalable platforms that satisfy a real customer need. We aim to build profitable companies, with sustainable business models. We are the UK's leading digital venture builderOur approach to transforming industries has always been the same. We identify high growth sectors, typically undergoing some market, technology or regulatory discontinuity, and look to build scalable platforms that satisfy a real customer need. We aim to build profitable companies, with sustainable business models.



beBettor

• United Kingdom
• Data Infrastructure and Analytics
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and COO

  • Jul 2017 - Dec 2021

  We help gambling companies understand how much their customers can afford to gamble. We help gambling companies understand how much their customers can afford to gamble.



Funder Inc.

• United Kingdom
• Internet Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Retail Operations

  • Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

  FUNDER Inc. builds draws of any kind, turning them into powerful fundraising tools for organisations. We combine technology and entertainment, to re-invent a traditional method of charitable fundraising. Licensed by the UK Gambling Commission, we create custom raffles together with our partners - leveraging their brand, assets and communities. FUNDER Inc. builds draws of any kind, turning them into powerful fundraising tools for organisations. We combine technology and entertainment, to re-invent a traditional method of charitable fundraising. Licensed by the UK Gambling Commission, we create custom raffles together with our partners - leveraging their brand, assets and communities.



Self-employed

• Business Development and Operations Consultant

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  Advised and consulted to a number of incubator based start ups, many of which out of the Launchsite incubator in Cape Town.In a business development capacity, I set up new divisions under existing companies sharing in revenues through JV agreements. In an operations capacity, I consulted on designing processes and implementing automation solutions.Companies and roles included:Driver Select (Pty) Ltd - an Uber supported and private equity backed marketplace for Uber drivers to rent vehicles from vehicle owners. I was brought in to streamline and automate processes needed to scale the business from 10 cars on the road to over 200. My process automated invoicing and created templates to report on driver performance to owners and driver targets to drivers.Quickleads (Pty) Ltd - I established their financial and insurance products division (car insurance, debt counselling, funeral cover), growing the vertical from scratch to a peak of over 1,000 leads per month and providing leads to buyers such as King Price insurance and the Silvertree Capital backed Click n Compare Group.Stealth P2P Car Rental platform - working in a product management and marketing role prior to launch.



Strand Hanson

• United Kingdom
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Corporate Finance Associate (Africa)

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2015

  This was a varied role working in Equity Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions and fulfilling Nomad work on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. My time with Strand Hanson included secondment to Strand Hanson (Pty) Ltd, the South Africa based subsidiary of Strand Hanson in October 2013 – November 2015, where I worked in support of the South African office Managing Director specifically on Africa focused transactions and deal sourcing for investments off our own balance sheet. By having an African focused office, Strand Hanson was able to identify opportunities, both M&A or funding, far earlier than most advisory houses, and is able to establish key relationships with local market participants, whether economic, advisory and political across the entire African continent to aid our clients.We also sought, through our merchant banking arm, direct investments ourselves and primarily source and manage these through our Cape Town office.

• Corporate Finance Analyst

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2014

  Strand Hanson is an independent, advisory led, modern merchant bank, providing financial and strategic advice to public and private companies, private equity houses and activist investors, and has significant expertise across the natural resources sector.



Deloitte

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• University Scholar and Deloitte Ambassador

  • 2008 - Aug 2011

  Here I worked primarily in the Tax department in both corporate and private client services. This varied from general tax compliance work, to tax audit, to ad hoc tax consultancy work.During my seven months cumulative work placements;-I learned basic accounting principles, giving me an understanding of financial statements and their responsibility.-I gained a background of understanding to many forms of financial business.-I developed my communication and client facing skills.-I learned the importance of working within a team.



University of Exeter

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Exeter Entrepreneurs Society President

  • Jun 2010 - Jun 2011

  Here I work as president of the Exeter Entrepreneurs Society as head of the committee.The work we do attempts to create a culture and infrastructure at the University of Exeter which enables students to be enactors of entrepreneurship. This varies from offering invaluable guidance to student start-ups, to running several competitions designed to promote entrepreneurial attributes rewarding success in a suitable way. We have further competitions to promote social entrepreneurship and attempt to bring like minded students together.My main achievements here have been:• Increasing our membership over fivefold from 62 to well over 300 members.• Gaining the societies first three corporate sponsors (of £1500) and making connections with likely future sponsors.• Making the society financially more self-sufficient.• Increasing the number of events in the calendar in the year.• Developing sovereignty away from the University employability centre by launching our own website with activities sign up page.