David Gibson has over 25 years of experience in corporate venture capital with a specific focus on the establishment and management of financial and professional services orientated businesses. David enjoys the challenge of developing, implementing & optimizing business management platforms and managing high performance teams to maximize profitability and value
generation.
During this time he has gained experience in raising significant amounts of capital, developed complex financial modeling skills, acquired project commercialization expertise, managed execution teams across a range of ventures and managed businesses through the complete investment cycle.
Most recently David has spent the past six years participated in the origination, negotiation, financing, development and documenting a range of projects and business ventures targeting the mining, aviation, oil & gas and marine sectors across the African continent.
David has a sound business education which includes an MBA from the University of Pretoriaโs Gordon Institute of Business Science.
Having recently exited a number of investments, David is seeking new challenges and is currently exploring the opportunities available as a freelance consultant.
He is currently based in Dubai looking at setting up a digital trade services platform to offer commodity traders added value support related to international trade, tax optimisation, DeFi, cross-border investments and representation for international businesses that require representation in the Middle East.
| ๐ Nationality | ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa |
| ๐ก Residency | ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa |
| ๐ Location | ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates |
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| Skilled in | defi trade finance commodity trading commercial marketing business strategy investor relations commercial logic middle east digital trade services |
| Fluent in | englishzuluafrikaans |
| Preferred timezone | -4 |
| Preferred annual pay (min) | $60,000/year |
| Preferred hourly pay (min) | $75/hour |
| Last seen | 1 year ago |
| Signed up | 1 year ago |
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2011 - 2022: Managing Partner @ INKHO Capital
2000 - 2008: Commercial Director @ Runway Asset Management
1998 - 2000: Marketing Director @ E-Data Holdings
1994 - 1997: Head: Investor Relations @ ABSA Bank
2004 - 2005: MBA @ GIBS