Highlights:

Skills:Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Corporate Banking

Vice President 08/2021 - 02/2024
Bank of America (BofA Securities), London, London United Kingdom
Industry: Investment Banking
EMEA Equity product specialist covering the UK, Nordics and Africa
- Work with clients across various sectors and growth stages to design, market and deliver equity financing solutions - Strong focus on live and underlying market dynamics, live investor attitudes and how these inform decisions - Select transaction experience: --JGC on £600m primary M&A placing for Entain and ~SEK6bn M&A rights issue for SOBI --JGC on ~$1.4bn IPO of Petershill Partners (Goldman Sachs Asset Management GP stakes business) --Financial Advisor to funds of Hg Capital on €4bn primary and secondary share sale in Visma at a €19bn valuation --JBR on various accelerated placings on behalf of sponsors including QIA and KKR--
Associate 04/2017 - 07/2021
Bank of America (BofA Securities), London, London United Kingdom
Industry: Investment Banking
UK Debt Advisory and Origination covering both IG and HY debt products
- Advised clients across all types of credit structures and all stages of credit transactions, with key activities including detailed credit and rating agency modelling, due diligence, marketing, transaction structuring and secondary distribution - Public and private financing scope, and advised clients on solutions including M&A and strategic-financing, credit rating advisory, liability management, ESG financing, infrastructure finance and FX and interest-rate hedging - Select transaction experience: -- Secondary sale of non-recourse, secured EM SPV loan directly to special situations and credit funds -- Consent solicitation and debt restructuring for Arqiva to deliver a material business disposal into Cellnex -- €5.0bn sole-underwritten bridge supporting Vodafone’s €18.4bn acquisition of Liberty Global assets -- Drax Group’s inaugural $300m 7.5NC3 USD (and subsequent tap) and €250m 5NC2 EUR High Yield bonds--
Analyst 01/2016 - 03/2017
Bank of America (BofA Securities), Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Industry: Investment Banking
South Africa Debt Advisory and Origination covering both IG and HY debt products
- Graduate (early start) Intern from January – June 2016 and Intern in Jun-Jul 2015 - Select transaction experience: -- $2.75bn bridge loan for MTN Group to backstop a large one-off requirement in Nigeria -- ~€3bn multicurrency inaugural syndicated loans for Aspen Pharmacare to refinance their full debt stack -- $1.0bn USD crossover bonds for MTN Group during a non-investment grade downgrade to BB+ by S&P--

University of Cape Town 01/2012 - 12/2015
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Finance and Accounting
Graduated with Distinctions in Finance, Accounting and Management Accounting; Dean’s Merit List and Golden Key Society; Merit-based faculty and entrance scholarships

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