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From 1988 -1989, I served as in-house industrial
editor to Santambank Ltd’s corporate communications division, responsible for
the bank’s inter-branch communications, liaison with strategic corporate
clients and government, the education of its vehicle finance dealer network,
and liaison with the broader financial media. With the amalgamation of the bank
with Trust Bank, and the subsequent merger with two other banks to form ABSA,
the position became redundant. In 1990 I took up employment with the Chamber of
Mines as production manager of its in-house magazine and newspapers. Skills in
DTP publishing, printing, photography, journalism and editing were further
honed, whilst interaction with newsmakers presented an opportunity to interact
with people of all walks of life. My expertise and positive attitude towards my
profession were noticed by a corporate member of the Chamber of Mines, who
invited me to take up the newly formed investor relations position. Genbel
Investments Ltd, which then served as the investment arm to the greater Gencor
group (Sappi Ltd, Engen Ltd, Malbak Ltd, Gengold Ltd, Samancor Ltd) was in the
midst of a campaign to reposition itself as an independent “country fund”. (Now
part of Sanlam) I was highly interested in the investor
relations and behavioral finance fields, and soon became one of the pioneers
and recognized spokespersons in this field in In 2003, I launched the first elevation pitch
conference in Late 2005, I sold my business interests to my
longstanding business partner and a BEE consortium. I was privileged to be invited by London
AIM-listed gemstone mining company, Tanzanite One in 2006 to assist the company
in managing the downsizing of its South African office, its local company
secretarial and corporate affairs portfolio, as well as investor relations and
corporate / product branding program. In addition to liaison with all board
members, stakeholders and staff; drafting its earnings announcements, annual
reports and other corporate announcements, one of my key responsibilities was
to train a Tanzanian team to take up the IR function at the termination of my
contract. Since then, I have been involved in the shaping
of the investor marketing programs of Dwyka Resources Ltd, Sylvania Ltd and
Danyland Ltd, in addition to consulting to other JSE-listed companies,
including Winhold Ltd and Thabex Ltd. Having expanded my knowledge over the past 15 years in institutional and
strategic investor targeting of publicly traded companies on the local as well
as foreign stock exchanges, I am willing to work on an outsourced or in-sourced
project or full-time basis as an investor relations officer or equivalent. This
function can be fulfilled in-house or if the client requires, I can act as a
trainer and builder of in-house capacity. I work best in a challenging, entrepreneurial and goal-driven
environment. The activities may include developing strategic investor relations
programmes in positioning companies or portfolios for prospective investment,
preparing exchange announcements, content presentation at investment seminars
and conferences, conducting investor presentations during capital raising road
shows to local life insurance and asset management companies, private equity
firms, stockbrokers and or independent financial advisors. I am comfortable
working with prospective investors, be they local or foreign, and across the
investment spectrum – venture capital, private equity and securities. I have worked with companies active in a wide spectrum of industries,
including the mining, financial, ITCE , retail and healthcare sectors. Having obtained a BA (Communications) Honours
degree with cum laude from the I was also awarded a Certificate in Accounting,
Control and Finance from the Graduate School of Business Administration of the
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