THE TEAM
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Valentine is the Chairman of Phatisa, MTN (Zambia) and SABMiller (Zambia). He also sits on a number of boards of listed companies in the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa as well as being a main board member of CDC Group plc. Valentine is a chartered accountant and has worked with KPMG Peat Marwick, United Kingdom and Meridien Financial Services, Zambia and the Zambia Privatisation Agency where, as CEO, he oversaw the disposal and privatisation of around 240 businesses. He was previously Chairman of the Zambia Venture Capital Fund, was on the board of Commonwealth Africa Investments (Comafin) and was Central African Director for CDC Capital Partners where he initiated and executed a number of private equity transactions. As an entrepreneur, he has made a number of private equity investments in the Zambian economy and the region.
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 ^ Valentine Chitalu Chairman
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Qualified as a chartered accountant and engineer, Duncan’s résumé begins at Unilever, where he spent 18 years and rose to the position of Managing Director of Unilever, Zambia. He then joined CDC Capital Partners as Business Director - Africa, responsible for the company’s businesses across the continent. His portfolio comprised more than 10 companies with 28 000 employees in eight countries. Duncan was also the Deputy CEO of AFGRI Products, the largest division of a JSE-quoted agri services company. He has completed in excess of 40 change of control transactions, and has lived and worked in South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Ghana. Duncan and Stuart (Bradley) co-founded Phatisa in 2005.
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 ^ Duncan Owen Senior Managing Partner
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Stuart has 15 years of private equity experience in Africa with CDC Capital Partners, Aureos Capital and Phatisa Group. Stuart has a strong track record in private equity across industries as diverse as agri business, manufacturing, services and telecommunications, as well as across the key disciplines of sourcing, negotiating, structuring, managing and exiting private equity investments. Stuart is the co-founder of Phatisa Group, which was lead adviser to the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF) and successfully first closed at US$ 625 million with purely African capital. Prior to founding Phatisa, Stuart was the managing partner of the US$ 50 million Aureos Southern Africa Fund in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before joining Aureos Capital, Stuart was the General Manager of Takura Ventures in Zimbabwe where he had overall responsibility for the Fund’s success. Currently Stuart heads up the fundraising and investor relations team at Phatisa.
Joe Whitfield, Partner - General Counsel specialises in international investment and financing transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and funds (representing both limited and general partners, and also advising on downstream investment activity), corporate finance, and banking transactions. He has more than 15 years experience representing leading international financial institutions, advising on private equity and other funds, and providing advice for corporations and government agencies on a wide variety of complex cross border transactions in some of the most challenging emerging markets (in particular throughout Africa where he has advised on transactions in more than 20 jurisdictions). Before joining Phatisa and Michelmores London, Joe was a corporate partner at Steptoe & Johnson, a leading US law firm; he co-founded Africa Legal (which is now part of Norton Rose); and prior to that he was General Counsel of CDC Group plc, the UK's official development finance institution with a long record of investing in emerging markets.
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 ^ Stuart Bradley Senior Partner
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Izelle is a post-graduate from the University of Johannesburg has more than 19 years' experience in the South African corporate-, financial-, electronic communications, marketing and advertising industries. Previously National Marketing, Branding and Communications Manager for Ince (Pty) Ltd, South Africa and managed her own boutique advertising agency. Izelle currently heads up investor relations, marketing, branding and advertising for Phatisa.
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 ^ Izelle le Roux-Owen Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
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Nikki Blane is a qualified chartered accountant completing her articles in 2002 at PwC, before joining the International Tax division. June 2003 she joined Fedbond as Financial Manager; the start of a seven-year career in the property industry. Nikki’s career has seen her being Financial and Operational Manager at Siyathena Property Fund, Financial Analyst - Developments at Pangbourne Properties and Portfolio Manager Property Private Equity at Sasfin Bank Limited. She has also been involved in consultation work.
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 ^ Nikki Blane Finance Manager
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THE DEAL TEAM Anders' career covers 11 years of corporate finance and investment activities in emerging markets, participating in the structuring and execution of 13 investments, valued in excess of US$ 380 million. He served on various boards, namely: Milvik Ghana Limited (Kinnevik and Millicom), Simba Investments (Mauritius), Eva Capital Limited (South Africa) and West Africa SME Growth Fund Investment Committee. He is currently a member of the Ludin Foundation Investment Advisory Committee. More recently he spent close to three years in Nigeria, managing a portfolio of investments to the value of US$ 130 million, subsequently assuming the role of Group CFO in IHS Nigeria Plc. Prior to this Anders held the position of Investment Manager for Africa, Kinnevik Group and Simba Investments, focusing on food and agri related investments. He has also gained extensive experience in Russia and the Baltics, where he was Group CFO, Kontakt East Holding (Plc) and held various positions in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions with General Electric.
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 ^ Anders Einarsson Deal Partner
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Qualified as a chartered accountant (ICAEW) in 1985, Paul spent three years with Deloitte in Central London. His career has seen him being Head of Internal Audit at Lonrho East Africa (Nairobi), Finance Director at The British Printing Company Limited, Country Finance Director at Lonrho Africa Plc (Malawi), and Corporate Development Director: Africa with the James Finlay Group (Africa). He has also been involved in interim management and consultation work. With extensive international experience in Africa and a wide range of strengths, from finance, supply chain management and project management to restructuring, HR and change management, Paul currently heads up Phatisa East Africa.
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^ Paul Wythe Partner East Africa & CFO
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Charles, an Ivorian national, is an international senior executive who has spent close to 20 years working in the private sector for multi-national companies, such as Coke, Celtel and TVAfrica. He started his career in sales and marketing before moving to business development, rising to senior management positions and ultimately Managing Director driving value creation for shareholders. His career has been focused on operational management where he developed expertise in execution - translating strategies into actions. Charles’ core experience is in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), media and telecoms. His successful career changes, from one industry to another, demonstrates his ability to adapt to new business and to quickly understand the key drivers to create value. He has operated throughout Africa, with a focus on Francophone Africa and has gained a profound understanding of the business environment in various countries south of the Sahara. This, combined with his early and succinct exposure to the business world in Asia and America, has given Charles excellent multi-cultural and interpersonal skills. He is bilingual in French and English, proficient in Spanish and has a basic knowledge of Arabic.
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^ Charles Zouzoua Consultant West Africa
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Yannick has experience and growing expertise in corporate finance and private equity transactions through a year’s training with Cauris Finance Afrique where he was the assistant to the Managing Partner. He is a Cameroonian national, (French speaking) with an understanding of West Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Johannesburg, as well as a Masters of Commerce (Financial Economics) from the latter where he is completing a Master of Commerce in Business Management.
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 ^ Yannick Mpollo Deal Associate
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Sindiso acquired strong corporate finance, financial modelling and valuation skills during three years at LiquidAfrica as a Corporate Finance Analyst, working on transactions across Africa. Sindiso is a Zimbabwean national and has broad knowledge and understanding of the business landscape in Southern Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Business Science in Finance (Hons) from the University of Cape Town and is a CFA charterholder.
Sindiso has been seconded to the AAF SME Fund Management Team as an Associate for a period of two years.
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 ^ Sindiso Mujaji Associate AAF SME Fund |
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THE AGRI TEAM Colin is an agricultural graduate with an MBA. He started his career in farm management (arable and livestock) in the UK and Africa but has spent most of the last two decades working in agri business development in Africa, in which he has become a specialist. He worked with CDC Capital Partners, where he was involved in agricultural businesses in the Far East (palm oil), Caribbean (citrus) and Africa (floriculture). Colin previously worked with Booker Tate in South Africa (sugar) and also TechnoServe in Ghana, IFC in Tanzania, and UNIDO in Ethiopia, among others.
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^ Colin Watson
Agri Specialist |
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Peter is a qualified agriculturalist with 30 years of hands-on experience in farm management. Previously Director of Tanganda Tea Company, Acacia Holdings and Seed Co., President of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) and Commercial Oilseeds Producers Association in Zimbabwe. Peter is consulting in Zambia on agricultural project investments, mainly foreign project identification, implementation and oversight. He is a registered financial adviser and consultant to Barclays and Stanbic banks, and previously a director of AFGRI Corporation. He was also the founding board Chairman of the Zambian Commodities Exchange (ZAMACE).
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THE PROPERTY TEAM Eton embarked on a career in asset backed and real estate finance at NBS Bank, which became BoE Corporate Bank. Eton then joined Cape of Good Hope Bank (part of the Nedcor Group), a niche bank focussed on the real estate sector, and while in their employ, was transferred to Johannesburg. Eton then joined the structured finance team of Brait, specialising in advisory and debt raising for real estate backed structured finance deals. Eton focused on the real estate sector and set about gaining additional experience in debt origination and deal structuring for real estate deals. His in-depth and broad range of experience extends to, inter alia, assessing the viability and performance of property investments and structuring property transactions including optimal gearing levels, capital raising, partner negotiations and private equity fund management in a real estate environment. Eton founded Sasfin Property Private Equity in 2006, with the goal of providing mezzanine and equity finance to property investors and developers.
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 ^ Eton Price Fund Partner - Pan African Housing Fund
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Jan has 18 years of corporate experience at several leading South African and international businesses. For 10 years he was principally involved in Africa business, where he worked as a senior executive in property finance, corporate finance and corporate strategy. For three years he led a team of property professionals that originated and executed deals in many key sub-Saharan property sectors and geographies, with a cumulative deal value of in excess of US$ 250 million. Jan is an experienced financier with passions for both development issues as well as providing customised real estate solutions for both end-users and funders. His key areas of expertise are residential and retail mall development, where he has executed several landmark transactions across Africa. In his time with Standard Bank he undertook many trip across the continent and possesses a valuable network of local professionals and advisers in many countries. As an experienced property transactor and strategist he is well placed to offer the Fund a set of insights, capabilities and networks that are in critically short supply on the continent. Prior to his time with Standard Bank he worked with Anglo American and Investec Bank.
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 ^ Jan van der Merwe Fund Partner - Pan African Housing Fund |
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Christoph Scaife, SEMS Manager
Ekerete Umoetok, Analyst gained experience in corporate finance and corporate lending in his three years at Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) and Fieldstone, where he was involved in transactions across the African continent in the real estate and infrastructure industries.
He is a dual citizen of Nigeria and South Africa with an understanding of commerce in African frontier markets. Ekerete holds a Master’s degree in Financial Economics from the University of Johannesburg. He also holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Financial Engineering, a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial & Financial Mathematics and Bachelor of Commerce in Investment Management (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria. He is currently a candidate for Level III of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program.
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