Zodwa Mlangeni

Zodwa is the Founder and CEO of Alkemy Investments (a non-traditional investment company currently focused on the marketing, advertising and communications sector investments). She is a Chartered Accountant who finished her articles at PWC in 2010 and moved on to become an investment banker at RMB until December of 2012.

After leaving RMB, Zodwa became a Senior Dealmaker and Manager in the Office of the CEO at the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa. She left in 2016 to become an Investment Executive at WDB Investment Holdings until May of 2018 when she founded Alkemy Investments.
Zodwa has gained a significant amount of relevant experience in her career, including;

• Private equity strategy formulation and execution.
• Risk identification and mitigation.
• Critical company financial analysis and business plan evaluation for viability.
• Valuations and due diligence activities.
• Post investment management.
• Financial modeling and deal structuring.
• Active management of a portfolio of investments.

Nhlanhla Madalane

Nhlanhla Madalane is the co-founder and Managing Director of CLV Holding SA, an energy commodity trading, finance and Investment business. He holds a bachelor of laws degree from the University of South Africa and began his working career in 2002 training as an attorney with Botha Farrell and Parris attorneys.

His recent assignments and experience includes:

• Co-founding the CLV Group and achieving a significant growth trajectory.
• Non-executive Director for VKB Processors (Pty) Ltd, an agricultural foods brands, manufacturing, processing, marketing and logistics business.
• Executive Director for Lynx Real Estate (Pty) Ltd, a property development and Investment business.
• Non-executive Director for Miranda Mineral Holdings Ltd, a mineral exploration and development company with main listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
• Executive Director for Russellstone Group (Pty) Ltd, an agricultural commodities trading, finance and investments business.

Nhlanhla possesses deep insight and understanding of the business and economics of commodity firms. He further possesses incredible work ethic and the ability to solve business problems.

Stephan van der Walt

Stephan is a co-founder and the Managing Director of the Pallidus Group (a corporate finance advisory, investment banking and investment management firm based in South Africa).

He is a chartered accountant who began his career in corporate finance in 2005 after spending four years in the banking and capital markets division of PricewaterhouseCoopers (now PWC). He is also a JSE approved executive.

Stephan has advised on numerous mergers and acquisitions, BEE transactions, corporate restructurings, equity and debt raisings, venture capital raisings and rights issues, and has an in-depth knowledge of the accounting, legal, tax and regulatory environment that impacts on transactions.