Bio

Dean joined OMAI as CFO effective April 2022 and is responsible for the oversight of the financial management and financial reporting functions, including business planning. He works closely with the various business units to understand, develop and contribute to profitable growth. Prior to OMAI, Dean was the COO of African Infrastructure Investment Managers, where he was responsible for the finance, compliance, and governance operating environment as well as providing technical support to the investment professionals from deal origination to transaction execution and asset management. Dean holds a number of directorships on portfolio companies, as well as GP fund and investment holding entities. Prior to joining AIIM, Dean was employed at Nedbank Capital where he progressed from the role of project manager on energy and infrastructure projects to a deal executive in structuring limited recourse infrastructure projects. Dean was intricately involved in the refinancing of a SA toll road company and was subsequently appointed as the CFO in 2009. In this capacity, he was responsible for overseeing the company’s financing requirements, and board, shareholder, and lender interactions, together with risk, control, and compliance areas. Dean was subsequently appointed as CFO of a fibre telecommunications in 2012, where he was responsible for the finance function, together with the raising of funding for the rollout of the company’s network expansion. Dean holds a Batchelor of Accounting degree from the University of Witwatersrand and is a qualified Chartered Accountant in South Africa.