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Cathy Goddard
Cathy is a Corporate Finance Executive at private equity investment house, Vuwa Investments (Pty) Limited. Her role includes originating, assessing, valuing, structuring, negotiating, funding and closing private equity transactions. She is also involved in post-deal management on certain of the transactions (this role is spread amongst the executives at Vuwa).
Before joining Vuwa she was involved in Investment Banking and was employed by Investec Bank Limited for 7 years. At Investec Cathy focused primarily on funding Black Economic Empowerment (“BEE”) transactions in the mid-market space as well as on other shareholder re-organizations, such as management buy-outs and buy-ins, leveraged buy-outs and share buy-backs. Cathy also has experience in funding traditional acquisition or growth finance requirements for unlisted companies.
Prior to joining Investec, Cathy’s current skills set was complemented during a three year stay with independent corporate advisors, Bridge Capital (Pty) Limited, where she assisted with due diligence, valuations and capital raising exercises. Cathy was part of the team of 16 people who left Deloitte to start up Bridge Capital with the financial backing of both Deloitte and Gensec Bank. Cathy gained invaluable experience at Deloitte and, prior to that, at Ernst & Young, where she worked in Corporate Finance |
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Thuto Skweyiya
- Master of Business Administration (Finance), Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA (May 1999) and Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Computer Science) Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, USA (May 1995).
- Has extensive experience in project and corporate finance
- Her experience includes structuring and execution of transactions across various sectors in sub-Saharan Africa
- She worked for DBSA’s Private Sector and International Investments Division as a Senior Investment Officer.
- Merchant Banking Manager at Barclays Bank PLC, in Johannesburg.
- Her international experience includes working as a Financial Analyst at IBM Corporation in Atlanta, USA and Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P in Parsippany, USA.
- Directorships include Chobe Real Estate and Tiah Holdings.
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Yengwayo Ntshona
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, (Dec 1995) and B. Proc, Fort Hare University, Alice (April 1993).
- Has extensive corporate and project finance experience.
- He worked for Standard Bank’s Property Finance Division as a property finance manager.
- Worked as a Professional Assistant with Jowell Glyn and Marais Attorneys in Sandton.
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Ken Sosola
- Master of Commerce (Business Administration & Advanced Costing) Pune University, INDIA (1989) and Bachelor of Business Administration (Management & Accounting) Spicer College, INDIA. (1987) MAP-Wits Business School ; PDP-City University of New York (1993).
- Lecturer: Bethel College – Business Faculty.
- Internship with Kraft Foods, Supply Chain Management.- New York, White Planes, USA
- General Manager of Premier Group; Food Processing business unit division.
- Experience in the Petroleum retail sector, BP Southern Africa. Business Analyst, Retail Sector Investments & Strategy and Sales Support Management.
- Microsoft: Product Services Marketing Manager.
- Ensemble: Business Consultant: Process Planning and Business Reengineering in supply chain and value proposition.
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Martin Buchalter CA(SA)
Martin is the Chief Financial Officer at Vuwa Investments. He has 15 years of experience in the finance arena.
He qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen and KPMG.
His experience includes working at:
- KPMG Private Equity analysing and advising on mergers and acquisitions
- Crystal Clear as the Finance manager
- Strutt & Parker as the Head of Property Finance
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