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Phillip Myburgh: Chief Executive Officer Phillip is the CEO of Mezzanine Partners and a member of Mezzanine Partner’s investment committee. Prior to founding Mezzanine Partners he was a director of Brait Private Equity, with primary responsibility for leveraged finance. Prior to joining Brait in 2000, Phillip filled senior and executive management positions in the Special Projects and Structured Finance Divisions of Standard Merchant Bank, Rand Merchant Bank and African Merchant Bank. Phillip received an MPA from Harvard University, where he was an Edward S. Mason Fellow, and a BA LLB from the University of Stellenbosch. He has an H Dip Tax from the University of Johannesburg and has been admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. |
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Walter Hirzebruch: Chief Operating Officer Walter is the Chief Operating Officer of Mezzanine Partners and a member of Mezzanine Partner’s investment committee. Prior to joining Mezzanine Partners he was a director of Brait South Africa and Brait Private Equity, with senior responsibility for investments in packaging, consumer and retail products. Prior to joining Brait in 1995, Walter worked for FirstCorp Capital Investors (the predecessor to Ethos Private Equity) doing management and leveraged buyout transactions and managed a portfolio of investee companies. Walter received a B. Com and CTA from the University of Cape Town and qualified as a chartered accountant whilst at KPMG. |
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Dini Geya: Investment professional Dini joined Mezzanine Partners in June 2006 from Brait Corporate Finance. Prior to joining Brait in October 2004, he worked for Eskom Holdings Limited where he was employed in the management accounting department. Dini completed his articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Consumer and Industrial Products division. He is a Chartered Accountant and a graduate of the University of Cape Town where he received a B.Com and a post graduate diploma in accounting. |
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Sibusiso Tashe: Investment professional Sibusiso joined Mezzanine Partners in May 2008. Prior to Mezzanine Partners, Sibu worked as an investment Associate at Abante Virtus where he was involved in analysing, promoting and executing private equity investments, primarily in the resources sector. Before joining Abante Virtus in January 2007, Sibu completed his articles in the Financial Services Insurance and Investment Management Division of PricewaterhouseCoopers during the three year period from January 2004 until December 2006. Sibu is a qualified chartered accountant and a graduate of the Rand Afrikaans University where he received a B.Com Honours (Accounting). |
