Sipho Pilime

Experience

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  Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe

  Sept 1994 - Aug 1998

  Managers Assistant

  Bank Credit & Risk Analysis, Assessment & Review of Business Credit Applications, Monitoring of Bank Security, Statutory Portfolio Updates & Reports

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  Metropolitan Bank of Zimbabwe Limited

  Sept 1998 - Dec 2001

  Corporate Banker

  Portfolio management & coverage: corporate banking market

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  Standard Bank South Africa

  Mar 2003 - Nov 2007

  Business Manager

  Portfolio management - business banking marketRecipient of Best Solution for inaugural New Generation Leadership Programme (2004)

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  Nedbank

  Dec 2007 - Jun 2012

  Business Manager

  Portfolio management - mid-corporate and business banking.

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  The Hope Factory South Africa

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2016

  Responsible for all aspects of THF JHB Enterprise Development programme including recruitment, programme design, resourcing, costing and development monitoring. Responsible for business & personal mentorship and mentor team leadership and development at THF Johannesburg. Provision of a holistic mentoring service to a portfolio of small black owned businesses with the aim of improving company growth & sustainability via skills transfer and entrepreneur guidance.

  • Programme Manager, Johannesburg (SAICA Enterprise & Supplier Development Programme)

    Mar 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Senior Mentor, Johannesburg Enterprise and Supplier Development Programme

    Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

  • Business Mentor

    Jul 2013 - Sept 2014
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  The Hope Factory (SAICA Enterprise Development)

  Feb 2016 - Aug 2017

  Entrepreneur Financial Services & Special Projects Manager

  Empowering entrepreneurs to achieve competence, mastery and ultimately excellence in their financial affairs enabling sustainable business growth.Providing tailored, measurable, and high-impact ESD solutions for private and public sector organisations ultimately developing a viable supplier and market base supporting economic growth and transformation in South Africa.

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  E Squared Investments

  Sept 2017 - May 2024

  Conceptualised, operationalised and managed three bespoke programmes aimed at creating a consistent quality pipeline of investment ready opportunities by providing bespoke funding and non financial support for founding teams and their early stage startups

  • Head Of Department

    Mar 2022 - May 2024

  • Programmes Associate

    Sept 2017 - Feb 2022
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  Isihambi Solutions

  May 2024 - now

  Founder & Chief Servant

  We provide curated funding and hands-on business capacitation helping ambitious founders to articulate, test and build out novel concepts and innovations into viable, scalable and ultimately impactful ventures that exceed market returns and positively transforming African communities.