Willie leads the mining and resources advisory practice at RMB, Clairfield\u2019s partner in South Africa which he joined in 2021. Willie has over 25 years of sector-specific and corporate finance experience. He has advised leading resource companies including Anglo American, Anglo Platinum, Royal Bafokeng Holdings, Wesizwe, Kumba, Glencore, Tharisa, Ichor Coal and MC Mining.<\/p>\n
Willie began his career with Deloitte before moving into senior management and executive roles across the mining industry, both locally and internationally. He held positions at DRD Gold, Glencore, Xstrata, and MC Mining, as well as within Investec Corporate Finance. During his time at Xstrata, he headed the thermal coal marketing division for the Atlantic region, overseeing sales to South African, European, and Asian markets. His work included physical coal marketing, trading of financial derivatives, and logistics chain management.<\/p>\n
Willie graduated from the University of Pretoria with an honours degree in accounting sciences and is a chartered accountant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":69668,"template":"","country":[48],"service":[],"sector":[],"class_list":["post-60709","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-south-africa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n