Experience

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  Maia Capital Partners

  • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Associate Partner

    • Mar 2022 - Present
    • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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  Investec

  • United Kingdom
  • Financial Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Leverage Finance Transactor - Sponsor and Leverage Finance, Investment Banking

    • Jul 2021 - Feb 2022

    Leverage Finance transactor focusing specifically on the Private Equity (Sponsor) market.

  • Transactor - Structured and Acquisition Finance (Leverage Finance)

    • Aug 2015 - Jun 2021

    Debt Advisory and tailor-made debt funding solutions for - Unlisted SA corporates with an enterprise value (EV) in excess of R1bn- Listed SA corporates with an EV between R1bn and R3bn- Private Equity firms with an EV in excess of R1bnTailor made debt solutions include:- Debt Restructuring- Leveraged Buy-outs- Management Buy-outs- BEE Funding- Share Based Lending- Debt Arranging- Term Balance Sheet Lending- Bridge FundingOver and above this, we specialise in tailored property financing solutions, servicing:- the listed property sector- large unlisted property funds- owner-ocupiers of industrial and commercial propertyThe role allows access to Investec's range of value added services including Private Equity, Corporate Finance Advisory and Treasury

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  Barclays Africa Group Limited

  • Associate / AVP - Africa Leverage Finance, Investment Banking

    • Jan 2015 - Jul 2015

    - Leverage Finance & Corporate Debt covering South Africa and Rest of Africa (RoA)- Main responsibilities involve managing transactions from initial phase to execution: - Working with a team of Analysts to run financial models, pitch books - Preparing and presenting transactions to investment committee's (IC) - Getting transactions through credit committee, working alongside team of credit analysts - Pricing and formulating deal structures according to clients requirements - Developing various documents required during the deal process, such as Term Sheets, IM’s, EOI’s, - Constantly communicating with clients and managing deal process

  • Analyst, Leverage & Acquisition Finance, Investment Banking

    • Jan 2012 - Dec 2014

    - Front office Investment Banking role- The role allows interaction with most IB divisions (M&A, ECM as well as Credit and Portfolio)- The role also allows interaction with Private Equity sponsors and sub-investment grade clients (through High Yield Bond issuances and term funding)- Main responsibilities involve: - building financial models (capital structure, financing scenarios and LBO’s) - building pitch books - Assisting senior transactors in running and managing deals from initial phase to execution

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  Barclays Capital

  • London, United Kingdom

  • ITP Training

    • 2012 - 2012
    • London, United Kingdom

    - In-depth training on Investment Banking- The focus was mainly on technical skills (building and analyzing models, advising on M&A transactions and preparing pitch-books)

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  Absa Capital

  • Sandton

  • Intern

    • Jun 2011 - Jul 2011
    • Sandton

    - 4 Week Long Internship, providing exposure to Investment Banking- I gained a thorough understanding of how different divisions within an Investment Bank operate i.e. Market Risk, IBD, Trading desk, Strategy and planning, as well as Credit Risk.- I also got to learn soft skills (networking and communication skills) from the seminars/workshops provided; and subsequently had to apply these skills in the networking and social events arranged throughout the program.- Project syndication was arranged were we had to present our findings to a panel of ABSA Capital Representatives

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  Nedbank Capital

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Traders Trophy candidate

    • 2011 - 2011
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    - An international trading competition where students from universities around the world compete to become the best student trader of their country or possibly the world.- I finished in the top 5 at UCT qualifying for the national finals at the JSE.- I finished in the top quartile at national level, gaining the highest overall return (Just over half a million trading Sanlam, Shoprite and MTN). -

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  PwC

  • Sunninghill, Johannesburg

  • Intern

    • Jun 2008 - Dec 2010
    • Sunninghill, Johannesburg

    - I interned during the summer and winter holidays, during my university years.- The main task involved auditing clients from different industries.- About 3 weeks audit experience, gaining a thorough understanding of financial reporting and analysis of company’s financial statements.- I have a very keen interest in entrepreneurship, and so this position gave me a better understanding of how certain industries operate.

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  Hannover Re

  • Parktown, Johannesburg

  • Intern

    • Jun 2006 - Jul 2006
    • Parktown, Johannesburg

    - I did Actuarial work, mainly involving using spreadsheets for statistical forecasts.- I gained an understanding of the methods used for forecasts, as well as experience of working in a formal work environment.