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Allan Gray Orbis FoundationEntrepreneur in Residence
Feb. 2023South AfricaWe are: Enabling business model validation & commercial resource accumulation. Facilitating market, funding introductions and ecosystem progression. Providing founder mastery support of the fellows, focusing on character development, and encouraging entrepreneurial mindset and behaviour.
Solve4x ConsultantsFounder
Aug. 2022South Africa
AlphaCodeHead Of Business Operations
Sep. 2020 - Jan. 2023South AfricaManaged the AlphaCode Incubator, Advisory Services and Business Operations. • Responsible for setting up the business operations of a newly established multi-million rand organisation by executing across multiple disciplines regarding strategy, finance, human resources, IT, legal, risk and compliance, marketing, and operational matters which may affect the short or long-term success of the organisation. • Perform talent management activities, including; sourcing top entrepreneurial talent from ±200 applications annually, mentor recruitment, employee mentoring and coaching, staff development and performance management. • Assess resourcing needs and allocate expert service provider support and mentors to startup venture sprints based on startup requirements and the level of experience required to solve requirements. • Sourced start-up companies, interviewed founders, undertook light due diligence and determined suitability to enter AlphaCode’s ecosystem. • Liaised with VCs, accelerators, and universities to attract high-quality start-ups, promote business collaboration and offer member value-add to strengthen AlphaCode’s ecosystem. • Organised numerous workshops, both technical and non-technical, hackathons, fire-side chats, dinners, networking sessions, and community-building initiatives that included industry leaders and leading startup founders from across the country. • Assisted entrepreneurs with customer discovery, journey mapping, and prototyping of their complex projects and services to reach product-market fit. • Involved in the legal and general onboarding procedures for all startups accepted onto the cohort and members accepted to join the club and co-working space. • Managed a community of ±70 startups. • Developed, maintained, and monitored operating budgets, adjusting to meet budget requirements.
Edge GrowthHead of Business Development
Jun. 2015 - Aug. 2020HurlinghamProject managed the design and execution of Rand Merchant Investment Holdings’ flagship financial services start-up incubation and acceleration programmes Member of the senior leadership team at Edge Growth Established and staffed the Business Development business unit at Edge Growth- including all policies, processes and best practice documentation for the organization Developed multiple solutions for South Africa’s leading listed corporates Provided strategic direction into the organization’s marketing strategy and managed the execution of key projects in this regard
SystemicLogicClient Engagement Manager
Oct. 2014 - May. 2015Conducted requirements elicitation and mapping across Retail Banking (including Wealth and Insurance) for one of South Africa's top 5 banks (project budget R 2.5 mil) Conducted gap-analysis assessments on bank processes, business models, compliance frameworks and technologies to develop an end-to-end Simplified Client Onboarding solution for Retail Banking Researched and prepared best practice innovation guide for the Financial Services industry (technology-enabled solutions)
Barloworld LimitedDiversity Manager
Jun. 2014 - Sep. 2014SandtonEnsured that the overall strategic objectives of the Empowerment and Transformation portfolio were integrated into and executed by the business. My specific focus was on the management and implementation of Enterprise and Supplier Diversity development initiatives for the Barloworld Group.
Edge GrowthBusiness Development and Strategy Consultant
Feb. 2012 - May. 2014Re-engineered one of South Africa's leading and largest Enterprise Development Programmes for an alcohol beverage company. The project took over a year to complete, and I provided solution design capability. The solutions I designed focused on SME and startup development support, programme governance, candidate selection criteria, marketing & communications strategy, and strategic process improvement. The next project involved the negotiating and restructuring of an ED programme, post assessing the feasibility for the most appropriate ED programme for that organisation. I developed the terms in which the respective programme would become an Enterprise Development programme in terms of the BBBEE codes and stakeholder needs. This initiative took approximately two months and is on-going on an ad-hoc basis. I was one of three team members who compiled one of South Africa's first Enterprise Development Best Practice Benchmarking Studies'. I was responsible for interviewing each of the participants of the study, transcribing, documenting, theming and coding, analysing and writing the final benchmarking report. The report looked at South Africa's key players in the ED landscape and their contribution to the financial and non-financial support of SMMEs. It took approximately 5 months to complete the report using an academic master’s thesis approach. Recently, I was involved in the development of the ED strategy of a leading FMCG. The primary focus of the ED strategy was on driving core business benefits and achieving compliance objectives by providing ED solutions that centred around the development of the organisation's supplier and distributor linkages. This required strategy formulation, hypothesis testing, research, implementation planning and client workshops. I played an integral role in each phase of the project.
Brent PersonnelFinance Recruitment Consultant
Feb. 2010 - Aug. 2010Sunninghill, JohannesburgAt Brent, I sourced, interviewed, recruited and placed personnel of all ranks, including executive management into financial roles across various industries.
Business Partners LimitedPortfolio Administrator
Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2012I managed the adminsitration of the investments made in the Northern, Southern and Western Gauteng Region. A part of the role required credit control duties and flagging the necessity for post investment interventions. Integral to the role was being the secretary for the weekly regional investment meetings, which included the Bloemfontein, Northern Cape, Kimberly and Greater Gauteng regions. The purpose of the meeting was to present new investments to the committee for approval, reviewing post investment interventions, credit control interventions and general investment administration.
EskomIntern
Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2006
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