SPECIALIST INVESTMENTS
SKI services include strategic advice on acquisitions, disposals and mergers, restructuring and capital raising and the corporate activities supporting these. The focus is mainly on the mid-market companies, which are traditionally not fully serviced by the larger banking institutions.
SKI also acts as strategic partner in facilitating broad-based black economic empowerment transactions in collaboration with associated companies.
SKI provides a one-stop-shop solution to its partners and clients covering all the relevant aspects of a transaction, including:
Merger & Acquisition Services
Financing Solutions through our Private Equity Partners
Structuring services specialising in BBBEE ownership structures and strategic offshore advisory services
Transaction services , including financial and legal due diligence
Martin van der Poel founded SKI in 2010 as a niche corporate advisory and proprietary investment business. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1997. Martin worked in various corporate roles and gained experience in forensic accounting, mergers & acquisitions, privatisations, valuations, due diligence reviews, stock exchange compliance work and financial modelling, both with local and international clients.
Johan is a skilled finance professional with a strong academic foundation, holding a Business Science degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting from UCT. He began his career at FirstRand Bank and gained significant experience in RMB’s Corporate Finance team, focusing on M&A in the Real Estate and Private Equity sectors. His expertise includes valuations, financial modelling, investment analysis, due diligence, portfolio management, and deal execution.
