Wynand Goosen

Hi, I'm Wynand Goosen. Welcome to my profile!

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Wynand Goosen, Executive with very broad experience and passion for doing business in Africa. Skills include problem solving, strategic thinking and ability to anticipate economic trends. Areas of expertise include knowledge of Black Economic Empowerment, fund raising, negotiating agreements, deal structuring, due diligence, business plans, financial modeling, financial management, company secretarial work, and multi sector experience including finance, mining and property.

Director at Africa Focus Consulting

November 2011 - Present | San Francisco

Non Executive Director at Mbuyelo Resources

March 2010 - December 2012

Non Executive Director

CEO at Sakhumnotho Group Holdings

June 2003 - September 2011

Sakhumnotho is an investment holding company with investments in various sectors, including mining, education, finance, heavy industry, security, and aviation. When I was appointed as CEO, I had to change the company from a consulting entity to its current form.o I have been instrumental in developing the company, which is currently recognized as one of the Top 300 Black Economic Empowered companies in South Africa.

Director at AfricaPrePay (Pty) Ltd

2005 - 2009

Co-founder. Instrumental in the creation of the company by negotiated distribution rights with Telumat and Plum Systems for the distribution of airtime vendors throughout Africa. Went live in DRC with Vodacom and Celtel. Developed with Telumat vendor with multiple financial capabilities, including electricity vending. Negotiated distribution agreements with al the South African Networks. Sold off the business units.

Head of Trading at FFO Securities

April 1998 - June 2003

Day-to-day activities included: o Financial structuring of products o Traded various markets o Asset Management o Built a book of local institution and foreign clients, which included China Construction Bank. Wynand was a driving force to help build this start-up firm to become one of the Top 5 by turn over bond trading houses on the South African Bond Exchange. Developed and wrote daily and weekly research reports to the institutional clients of the company. Certain parts of the report was later copied by the SA Bond Exchange

Fixed Income Trader at Nedbank

September 1996 - September 1997

Fixed Income Trader and Market Maker in South African Bonds. Sales

Fixed Income Trader at Absa

January 1992 - August 1996

Fixed Income Trading, Sales and Research Apart from my daily responsibilities I computerized many treasury operations, which made various departments function more efficiently and cost effective. One such process saved the funding book of ABSA millions.

Hult International Business School

2012 – 2013

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

University of Johannesburg

1990 – 1992

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

Concentration: Investments and Securities

Infantry School Oudtshoorn