Chris Baloyi

Work Experience: Chris has extensive work experience in the Financial Services Industry. He gained most of his experience in the Banking Sector in areas such as Project Finance, Corporate Finance, Credit Risk and Risk Management. His transaction track record includes high level projects/transactions in the ICT, Mining, Property Finance, Energy, Infrastructure, and Tourism sectors. Chris has worked on Project Finance transactions as Lead Transactor both in South Africa and the broader African region and has worked in both the Commercial Banking Sector within the Corporate and Investment divisions (including Investec Bank, Standard Bank and Absa) and the Development Finance environments. This broad experience has helped Chris in understanding the needs and challenges of clients and investors/financiers from the private as well as the public sectors.

Prior to joining the Banking Sector Chris worked as an Insurance Sales Consultant at Old Mutual Direct in Cape Town for two years, and thereafter as an Investment Consultant for Gensec Asset Management in Cape (now known as Sanlam Investment Management) for a year, all while he was completing his undergraduate studies.

Chris has a keen passion for entrepreneurship and project development. His strength lies in project management, performing financial models and valuations, as well as in project/transaction structuring, preparation, packaging and implementation.

Qualifications: Chris obtained his Bachelours’ degree (B Com) from the University of Cape Town in 1999. He then enrolled for a B Com (Honors) degree with the University of Natal, Durban (Distance Learning Programme) during 2000/2001 while serving articles at Investec Bank. In February and November 2002 he sat for the Qualifying Examination and the Final Qualifying Examination of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, passing both exams on first attempt and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant/CA (SA). He is a registered member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. During the period 2004 to 2006 Chris enrolled for a Masters Degree in Financial Management from the University of Johannesburg. He completed research work for a thesis entitled “Investigating the Availability of Capital for New Venture Creation in South Africa” which included interviews with individuals and organizations involved in New Venture Funding, including the IDC, Khula Enterprise Finance, HBD Venture Capital, the South African Venture Capital Association (SAVCA) to name a few. It was through this research that Chris’ passion for project development and new venture funding was ignited.

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