Andrew Henwood

Responsibilities - Work with the CEO to determine the strategic direction to achieve the group’s growth aspirations - identify acquisition targets and secure funding - Lead the New Business Development team - Lead and close out M&A transactions - Work with the CFO to meet the group’s equity and debt capital market requirements

Responsibilities - Work with shareholders, directors and Exco to develop, fund and construct the Karo Platinum mine (Zimbabwe) - Lead the funding and finance function of the Karo group of companies

Responsibilities - Lead multi-skilled teams providing transaction advisory services in both buy side and sell side M&A for corporates and private equity clients - Identify transaction supporting value creation opportunities, separation planning and post merger integration Achievements - Met deadlines on time throughout the COVID lockdowns - Leveraged industry experience to deliver deeper insights and value to clients

Responsibilities - Lead the corporate development team and support the CFO/CEO in the restructuring of the Omnia Group’s capital structure Accomplishments - Omnia successfully restructured its funding: waiver, refinancing and R2 billion rights offer concluded within 8 months.

Member of the South African Executive team that launched the bank. Responsibilities - Develop and lead strategic alliances to secure the banks access to new customers and data by partnering with leading retailers, fintechs, telco's and investment platforms - Board director of Tyme's associate and not-for-profit SPV to promote financial literacy Achievements - Closed South Africa’s largest banking–retailer partnership with Pick n Pay guaranteeing access to 22m customers, 1,000+ retail outlets, and the behavioural data of 9 million loyalty card customers - Led the integration of the bank's workstreams into the Pick n Pay's operations - Identified and closed MoUs with additional partners to de-risk single channel reliance

Responsibilities - Shape and execute the group's repositioning strategy - Provide corporate finance advisory services and transaction execution to the group executive - Board director of strategic local and offshore companies - Analyse commercial and financial issues affecting operations and developed practical solutions - Lead diverse internal and external teams on multiple, key and complex projects - divestitures, joint ventures, restructurings - Ensure successful operational implementation - separation or integration - Identify and assess brown-fields exploration opportunities and develop & execute cross-border joint venture structures Achievements: - Supported De Beers' executives in the international and South African corporate debt refinancing - Restructuring the South African operation’s empowerment partners’ debt - Key transactions - successful disposal of Namaqualand Mines, Kimberley Mines and several non-core assets - Joint ventures: AngloGold Ashanti - seabed exploration and mining, CanAlaska - prospective stakes in Canada - Developed strong relationships with internal leaders, government, unions, shareholders and local community groups, banking and legal advisors and journalists

Responsibilities - Provide independent end-to-end corporate finance and commercial advice leading multi-discipline, professional teams. - Identify business development opportunities Achievements - Identified investment and acquisition opportunities across diverse industries - Supported the establishment of East Smart Organics - South Africa's first organic prepacked organic food for airlines and supermarkets - Structured and negotiated buyside transactions - Successfully led the initial project for Super Group Limited’s reorganisation, forensic due diligence and US$70m rights offer - Introduced EY's other services and subsequently won the role as internal auditors

Finance, strategy and sales executive implemented systems and controls enabling sustainable growth without stifling entrepreneurial ethos. Achievements - As a member of the leadership team we doubled turnover and increased profitability in challenging market conditions, built a new the eLearning software business, growing the business into an industry leader that was acquired by a large, international management consultancy

Founding member and director the Progress Fund - a public-private private equity fund held by SA Government's Umsobomvu Youth Fund and FirstRand Limited Responsibilities - Establish, market and structure the fund - Identify investment opportunities, structure investments and support investee companies Achievements - Set up operations and raised funding within 6 months. Delivered on the fund’s strategy and led investment processes - Originated an empowerment and securitisation deal with South Africa's leading forestry business on behalf of the FirstRand Group

Responsibilities - Lead the team to map and then reconcile a newly established warehouse management and ordering systems Achievements - Diagnosed systems' issues and developed solutions - Managed the project exit strategy and handover of operations to a sister subsidiary company

Recipient of SAIPICS award for both Productions Operations and the final year Research and Design Project