Curtis Madden Email & Phone Number

Lusaka, Zambia

Nurturing ideas into solutions. An Agritech start-up based in Africa that connects existing traditional and innovative portable farms to food processors and consumers directly while providing fresh produce, crop diversity, and food security to the localised communities.Hrvst is a digital farmers market that makes it easier for our users to live a balanced.

Lusaka, Zambia

Lusaka

Lusaka

Lusaka

• Engineering, advising and implementing the company's business development strategy including but not restricted to active markets and our product offering.
• Developing and working with existing and new network of contacts to initiate and propose opportunities for the business.
• Responsible for championing business development initiatives for the company including setup and design of specific sales objectives and teams around specific organisational goals.
• Involved in high level strategic decision making across various operational areas of the business.
• Analysis of economic, market and business climates to help identify and capitalise on new opportunities both within Zambia and across the region.
• Managing the entire supply chain from supplier to consumer which includes but is not restricted to costing, forecasting and marketing activities of the entire product range.

Cape Town

• Primary objectives are to provide a leadership and management function to a team of 8 to 10 consultants responsible for servicing our direct and intermediated client pools.
• Designed and initiated various projects to increase the business’s servicing efficiency and further enhance the client experience.
• Responsible for recruitment and other HR functions such as regular performance evaluation and management.
• Experience accentuated the value of building strategic relationships within and outside of the organisation. Although fostering a culture of individual accountability, I learnt the value of drawing on a pool of.
• Previous positions at Allan Gray: Life and Retirement Operations Consultant (Jan 2010 – Feb 2011) & Client Services Consultant (Mar 2011 – Feb 2012).

Lusaka, Zambia

• Principal responsibilities included leading and supervising the production and rigging teams responsible for delivery and application of all products both on and off site.
• Involved in the planning, coordination and branding of a number of client stalls at the annual Agriculture and Commercial Show (Lusaka, Zambia) and the Zambia International Trade Fair (Ndola, Zambia).
• Established and implemented easy-to-use work flow and SLA system to increase production efficiency, reduce waste and ultimately increase customer satisfaction by improvement in business turn-around times.

Mcom Development Finance, Development And International Finance

"Master of Commerce Degree in Development Finance is designed to develop people and institutions that can help provide optimum financial.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Hons), Financial Analysis And Portfolio Management, Mini Dissertation (Cum Laude)

Bachelor Of Commerce, Financial Management Sciences (Cum Laude)

Activities and Societies: Member of Golden Key (2008) Vice President of Investment Society Fin'est (2009) Pastel Accounting Tutor.

A-Levels, Chemistry, Biology And Mathematics

High School Certificate

International General Certificate Of Secondary Education