Biography

I am an experienced investment banker in the power and infrastructure project finance team at Rand Merchant Bank in South Africa. I also have previous experience in leveraged finance, derivatives sales (interest rate/currency/commodities), and resource finance. My deal experience includes funding renewable energy projects, transport PPPs, and brownfield expansions for corporates. I am skilled in credit/investment analysis, financial modelling (cash flow waterfall models and 3-statement models), and structured financing for private equity funds, investment holding companies, ultra high net worth individuals, and large corporations. Prior to entering investment banking I obtained a PhD in molecular biology and worked as a researcher in the fields of microbiology, synthetic biology, protein engineering, and stem cells. Prior to this I spent time in the Middle East on a Fulbright Fellowship and became proficient in Arabic (oral/written).