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During his 25 year banking and investment banking career David pioneered the introduction of mezzanine debt lending into the South African market in the 1990's. He was also responsible for the introduction of high yield bond financing into the South African market via the Foodcorp transaction in 2005. He has been involved in a number of other groundbreaking transactions since Foodcorp, the most recent of which being the leveraged buyout of Primedia Limited.

He joined First National Bank as a trainee in 1996, and was promoted to the position of commercial manager in 1999 after a comprehensive training program. He joined RAD Investment Bank as a senior credit analyst in 2000 and thereafter joined Brait South Africa Limited as a leverage finance transactor.

Shane lead arranged senor and mezzanine debt packages for several buyout transactions on behalf of Brait's private equity division, and was later appointed Divisional Dirctor of Brait Corporate Finance. He was instrumental in the introduction of European high yield debt into South Africa with the restructure of Foodcorp followed by the leveraged buyouts of Reclam, Consol, Peermont and Primedia. Shane has extensive experience in credit risk analysis, financial structuring and excel modelling. He has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Natal, Durban as well as a Master of Business Administration from the Manchester Business School

As a lawyer, he was extensively involved in leveraged buyouts, black economic empowerment transactions, structured finance, syndicated lending, corporate loans, structured derivatives and cross-border corporate bond issues. He represented Foodcorp in their first offering by a South African corporate of high yield paper, through which association he joined the Brait team.

At Brait, Cornelius advised the firm on their issuing of preference shares, the negotiation of the fund leverage facility and transacted on the Reclam, Consol, Peermont and Primedia leveraged buyouts He has strong legal and transaction implementation and management skills. Cornelius is a graduate of the University of Pretoria and holds Bcom (Law) and LLB degrees

After 12 years with the federation Paul joined Capitau where he brings strong modelling and credit analyst skills to the team

Commencing his banking career with Brait South Africa Limited in 1999 as a structured financier, David became co-head and divisional director of Brait Structured Finance in 2001 before moving with his team to Grindrod Bank (then Marriott Merchant Bank) in 2003.

At Grindrod Bank, David headed up the Financial Solutions division which specialized in structuring transactions, and was responsible for the Grindrod Investments Trust, a bespoke investment vehicle with approximately R2bn of preference shares under management, of which he is currently a trustee. David was involved in the restructuring of the Bank’s asset management division and was responsible for the creation of the first of the Bank’s collective investment schemes and formation of its distribution platform.

David was Regional Head: Gauteng for Grindrod Bank with specific responsibility for strategy and special projects and has been seconded to Capitau to be involved in the establishment and operational management of the fund.

David has extensive experience in property transactions, financial modeling, tax structures and structural unwinds.

In 1999, she became involved in an employment creation project with rural Ndebele women, who worked for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, as well as for Gracia Machel personally.

She fills the role of chief ecorator and bookkeeper for Capitau.