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Cape Town, Wc, Za

City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Cape Town Area, South Africa

With offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Mauritius and London, Athena Capital is an experienced Sub-Saharan Africa private equity team with an established track record. Athena began its private equity investment program in 2011 through a single-LP investment vehicle. Athena targets investments in the fast moving consumer goods (“FMCG”), financial services and business services sectors. Athena’s focal geographies within Sub-Saharan Africa are South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia and Ghana.As a Senior Deal Executive, my responsibilities include investment evaluation, financial and market analysis, deal negotiation, due diligence, portfolio monitoring and exit facilitation.

South Africa

Zibo was established in 1997 and is Sub-Saharan Africa's largest manufacturer of rigid PET thermoformed containers servicing the food, horticulture and consumer packaged industries.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Kwikspace is Africa’s largest supplier of prefabricated buildings for rent or sale. With over 50 years’ experience in the alternative building technology industry, supplying park homes and custom prefab buildings for schools, clinics, mining, construction and humanitarian requirements.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

vida e caffe, founded in 2001, is Africa's largest coffee QSR chain with more than 270 stores across South Africa, Ghana, Zambia and Mauritius.

Cape Town

Advising clients on all aspects of mergers/acquisitions, divestitures/disposals, carve-outs and strategic alliances. Clients include both listed and unlisted companies across various sectors (Consumer, Real Estate, Information Technology and Healthcare).Key duties and responsibilities include:-Deal origination (buy-side and sell-side) -Valuation and financial analysis-Transaction structuring (including financial, tax and fundraising)-Deal negotiations -Reviewing of transaction agreements -Project management of the deal process-Closing of transaction

Cape Town

Member of the PwC Deals team that specialises in Transaction Services and Valuations.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Worked as a trainee accountant auditing entities in the Consumer, Industrial and Technology industry. Entities audited include public companies listed on the JSE as well as private companies.My responsibilities include:Planning of audit engagement including the preparation of a detailed audit plan including budget preparation.Researching industries in which the audit client operates including legislation and financial reporting standards applicable to the industry.Mobilisation of engagement team and monitoring the performance of junior team members including their appraisal.Performing audit work for significant risk areas including analysis of estimations used by the client in areas such as cash flow forecasting in relation to the going concern assumption as well as business/asset valuations.Completion of audit engagement including the review of financial statements.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

South African National First Division

Chartered Accountant, Accounting And Finance

Jse Sponsor Development

The JSE Sponsor Development Programme is an intensive course covering the JSE Listings Requirements, Takeover Law, the Companies Act.

Public Practice Examination

The IRBA Public Practice Examination (PPE) is a critical exam administered by the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA).

Qualifying Examination 1, Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Accounting Science, Postgraduate - Honours

Top 25 (Class of 3028 students)

Bachelor Of Accounting Science, Bcompt, Passed 21 Of 34 Subjects With Distinction (Advanced Auditing With Distinction)

A Bachelor of Accounting Science (BAccSc) in South Africa is an undergraduate degree focused on providing students with a strong.

Senior Certificate, 12 - Passed With Distinction

Mathematical sciences with distinction, Accounting sciences with distinction, Biological sciences with distinction