Guest Speaker: Tshepisho Makofane is a Managing Director of Tamela Holdings, having joined the firm in 2009. Prior to Tamela, he was a transactor at Makalani Holdings (2005–2009), a listed R2.5 billion mezzanine fund, where he was involved in all aspects of funding BEE, acquisition, and leveraged finance transactions. Before joining Makalani, Tshepisho spent four years in the Project and Infrastructure Finance team at Investec and completed his articles at KPMG. Most recently, he led the Tamela team on the Barloworld take-private and delisting transaction.