Derek Anthony Watt

Current

• Chairman at Woman in Trans- Continental Shipping
• Chief Executive Officer at Ufunani Investments
• Executive Director at New Merchant and Investment Bank Southern Africa

• Director,Shareholder at International Project Development
• Chairman, Independent Trustee at Umsebenzi Umbrella Retirement Provident Fund
• Chief Executive Officer, Director and Majority Shareholder at Inter-Africa Transport Corporation
• Chief Executive Officer, Director, Shareholder at DLTH Insurance Consultants

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Past

• Chief Executive Officer at D&E

Education

• Damelin

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Connections

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Industry

Financial Services

Websites

• My Company

Derek Anthony Watt’s Summary

Financial exec with broad experience in all aspects of accounting, auditing and financial management. Direct experience with Insurance, financial consulting and venture capital. Interested in early-stage startups as well as new BEE companies and start up of SMME

Derek Anthony Watt’s Specialties:

Competitive analysis, financing, unique financial structure, mergers and acquisition

Derek Anthony Watt’s Experience

• Chairman

  Woman in Trans- Continental Shipping

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Maritime industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  I am the Chairman of both the Steering Committee and the Project Team whose task it is to investigate, plan and design a business plan and then the implementation of the project which will address the South African Governments Transport Charter and the involvement of woman in all sectors of the Transport Industry. The first stage of this project is the implementation of a Maritime Business in which the woman group will have the majority shareholding and control.
  
  This project is backed by the South African Government and reflects the Transport, and the Presidential Ministry agenda.

• Chief Executive Officer

  Ufunani Investments

  (Financial Services industry)

  January 2007 — Present (3 years )

  Advising new businesses on formation of corporations and business structures, drafting privacy policies and structuring commercial transactions.

• Executive Director

  New Merchant and Investment Bank Southern Africa

  (Banking industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  Merchant Banking, African Development Fund, Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development.
  Advising new businesses on formation of corporations and business structures, drafting privacy policies and structuring commercial transactions.

• Director,Shareholder

  International Project Development

  (Privately Held; International Trade and Development industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development.
  Advising new businesses on formation of corporations and business structures, drafting privacy policies and structuring commercial transactions.

• Chairman, Independent Trustee

  Umsebenzi Umbrella Retirement Provident Fund

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

  July 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)

  The Provident Fund is a uniquely developed and designed fund for the emerging markets within South Africa and the rest of Africa. The fund addresses the needs of the Previous Disadvantaged People of South African so that they can also partake in the main financial markets by providing for their retirement needs. The fund is managed by a dedicated board of trustees and fund managers.

• Chief Executive Officer, Director and Majority Shareholder

  Inter-Africa Transport Corporation

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  February 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Provisioning services and solutions in the transport industry, Inter – Africa Transport Corporation is dedicated to developing innovative and sustainable business structures serving the private and public transport sector’s, enabling multi tiered empowerment and the upliftment of previously disadvantaged people and communities as well as the promotion of skills development and transfer while contributing to the creation of professional, cost effective and sustainable private and public transport system’s embracing all aspects of the provincial and national departments of transport’s aims, goals and objectives.
  
  Inter- Africa Transport Corporation leverages on innovative capitalisation structures and results-driven programme management to establish public-private partnership initiatives in South Africa.
  
  Consultation and leverages on innovative capitalisation structures for the various countries within the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

• Chief Executive Officer, Director, Shareholder

  DLTH Insurance Consultants

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

  June 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

  Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development

• Chief Executive Officer

  D&E

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

  February 1989 — October 2004 (15 years 9 months)

Derek Anthony Watt’s Education

• Damelin

  1977 — 1980

Additional Information

Derek Anthony Watt’s Websites:

• My Company

Derek Anthony Watt’s Interests:

>Transport Infrastructure Development >Scholar Transport and Safety >Structured Funding Methods >Organisational Development >Strategic Planning >Upliftment Projects for Communities and targeting people at grass routes

Derek Anthony Watt’s Groups:

Adviser to various Transport Ministers in Africa
Adviser to various Broad Based Economical Empowerment Groups, FairFund

Derek Anthony Watt’s Honors:

Appointment as Personal Assistant to a Tribal Chief by the Royal Tribal Council.
Appointment as Chairman on various Boards

Derek Anthony Watt’s Contact Settings

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