Independant
August 2024 - ongoing

Kantor Associates is the family office of Bernard Kantor (Co-Founder of Investec Bank Plc). I work accross the portofolio and am responsible for advising management on strategy, finance and growth.

Independant
June 2024 - ongoing

Peruya Asset Management is a leading BaFin-regulated digital asset manager, specializing in Blockchain infrastructure investments. I advise on: product, go-to-market and growth strategy.

Independant
June 2024 - ongoing

Enact Systems provide a turnkey solar install and asset management solution. The group is currently in 35 countries globally and has processed over $12B of solar projects. I support with: global market expension and strategic channel partnerships.

Independant, Germany
June 2022 - August 2023

Blacklane is a leading international premium mobility group powered by +€100M of funding from Mercedes-Benz and SIXT group. I was hired to help identify new growth opportunities and to execute and build services to capitalise on these.

- Strategic competence review through stakeholder interviews matched to service delivery capability.

- Deliver 5 years business case reflecting investment, resource requirement and projected ROI.

- Develop full product vision connected to short, medium and long term OKR’s and KPI’s.

- Present and engage senior management to ensure stakeholder buy-in.

- Handover scalable platform of services (vehicle leasing, insurance, maintenance and fuel) to local market management teams to deploy globally that will contribute significantly to Blacklane’s topline.

Independant, Germany
May 2021 - June 2022

Hired to lead all commercial aspects of groups largest investment (Itsapark - now part of H&M Group) and advise group on broader corporate venturing strategy.

- Develop realistic business case to support investment in short, medium and long term.

- Developed and rolled out KPI’s and OKR’s across the company.

- Advised group to shut down venture and led the restructuring of 50 FTE’s leading to savings of double digit €M per annum.

UK
September 2017 – March 2021

23 Capital is a $2.5B fund investing in IP-rich growth companies backed by Credit Suisse & Soros Quantum Group.

- Third C-suite hire and seventh employee; built strategic plan supporting capital deployed growth of 10X to over $2.5B and revenue growth of 20X reaching $24M in three years.

- Identified, articulated, and gained buy-in on group strategy; presenting to shareholders and partners securing lines of capital in excess of $2.5B.

- Implemented OKR setting across all division heads achieving 75% alignment on group strategy.

- Led 23 Capital’s capital raise, delivering a signed $350M term sheet from Blackstone (BTO).

- Led the closing of a $20M investment into a premium sport content platform (exit to Element Media).

- Structured and closed a €60M asset backed securitization.

- Worked with McKinsey and Moody’s on developing a sector-specific credit risk scoring model, improving funding capacity and pricing by ~25-50 basis points.

Germany
August 2016 – September 2017

Mountain Fintech (acquired by Finstar Financial) is a €30M global Fintech incubator founded in Berlin.

- Managed teams to scope several business models including financial modelling, market research, customer and partnership development and product architecture.

- Launched our first venture as interim COO; Prunto an AI engine that uses mobile data to assess creditworthiness and intent to purchase.

Germany
August 2015 – July 2016

- Launched UK market for Germany's No. 1 Fintech affiliate network (cash generative in < 3 weeks).

- Managing Director (interim) at Dataconomy Media GmbH (Europe's leading Big Data media platform).

- Senior member of group Strategy and Fundraising team; worked directly with Founder & CEO Jan Beckers on a triple digit (€M) raise and scoped several new ventures.

South Africa
July 2013 – August 2015

Abroad Spectrum Trading provides short-term credit solutions to SME’s.

- Led business from startup through to profitability and strategic acquisition.

- Built loan book to over ~ZAR200M with no defaults in two years.

- Sourced, negotiated and structured a variety of receivables transactions.

South Africa
February 2013 – June 2013

Zapacab is a mobile taxi application serving the African transport market.

- Secured seed funding; negotiated partnerships with two of the biggest taxi operators in South Africa, led tech and product team from concept to launch.

Middle-East | North Africa
March 2010 – May 2013

TASC Towers is the first independent wireless infrastructure operator in the Middle East.

- Headed up B2B sales, building relationships with multinational mobile operators including MTN, Vodafone, Millicom, Airtel and Etisalat

- Led investor relations, defining investment thesis and developing a global network of ~300 institutional investors including Apax, Actis, IFC and Blackstone.

- Sourced new acquisition opportunities and worked with external advisors on structuring (KPMG), operational analysis (Analysys Mason) and financial due diligence (Alcazar Capital).

- Formed JV partnership with renewable energy company Hybrid Energy, successfully conducting trials with Vodafone Qatar, Roshan Afghanistan, SWAP Nigeria, and MTN Afghanistan.

UK
June 2008 – December 2009

SCB Partners is a strategy consultancy advising multinational consumer-focused brands.

- Delivered several strategy projects for clients including Coca-Cola, Carlsberg Group, American Express and Spotify

- Assumed senior responsibility for end-to-end project management including project scoping, client pitch, budget management, team management and market research.

UK | Continental Europe
May 2006 – June 2008

Wedge Alternatives is a placement boutique specializing in alternative investments.

- Team member of three who raised $300M for a range of alternative asset managers.

- Built distribution platform consisting of 250 new institutional investors across 12 countries.