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Chris Pretorius

Chris Pretorius

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Private Equity Professional | Director at Gredale | >$2.5bn in Federal Contracts Partnered On

  • Education

    • University of Cape Town

      2011 - 2014
      Triple Major in Finance, Economics & Statistics Graduated with Distinction in Economics and Finance

      Activities and Societies: University Tennis Team, Academic Tutor, Smuts Hall Chess Team, Smuts Hall Disciplinary Committee, Smuts Hall IT Subcommittee, UCT Actuarial Society of South Africa Student Representative. • Honors - Dean’s Merit List, Jan Smuts Excellence Award, Commerce Faculty Scholarship, Michael Hiddingh Entrance Scholarship, Harry Allschwang Entrance Scholarship, Lincow Scholarship, Golden Key International Honor Society (IHS), ERSA Top Student in Third Year Economics prize. • Notable Class Medals - Finance (FTX3044F) #1 out of 445 students. Economics (ECO3024F) #1 out of 237 students.• Class representative of 10 courses, covering more than 1 200 students at UCT.• 7 electives… Show more • Honors - Dean’s Merit List, Jan Smuts Excellence Award, Commerce Faculty Scholarship, Michael Hiddingh Entrance Scholarship, Harry Allschwang Entrance Scholarship, Lincow Scholarship, Golden Key International Honor Society (IHS), ERSA Top Student in Third Year Economics prize. • Notable Class Medals - Finance (FTX3044F) #1 out of 445 students. Economics (ECO3024F) #1 out of 237 students.• Class representative of 10 courses, covering more than 1 200 students at UCT.• 7 electives over and above standard course load: Financial Reporting II, Introduction to Actuarial Science, Financial Mathematics, Actuarial Science II: Models, Actuarial Science II: Contingencies, Advanced Stochastic Processes. Show less

    • Helpmekaar Kollege

      2010 - 2010
      Top high school student in South Africa

      • 10 distinctions in Independent Examination Board (IEB) Exam.• IEB Outstanding Achievement List - ranked within top 5% of learners nationally in 6 or more subjects. • Subjects: Accounting (95%), Business Studies (92%), Economics (97%), Information Technology (92%), English Home Language (80%), Mathematics (94%), Mathematics Paper 3 (96%), Advanced Programme Mathematics (APM) [83%], Afrikaans Home Language (84%), Life Orientation (94%).

  • Experience

    • UCT Flats

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2013
      Founder and Chief Executive Officer

      • Created a property marketplace website whereby students could upload flats for sale, with prospective buyers then being able to contact them through the website. All 22000+ UCT students were e-mailed and UCT Vula site was created. • Met with local agents, designed brochures, coded backend and frontend of website, registered a domain uctflats.com (no longer active). Website ranked #1 on Google for “UCT flats” search term. • Discontinued as had study commitments.

    • Citi

      Sept 2013 - Sept 2013
      M&A Internship

    • Deloitte

      Dec 2013 - Dec 2013
      Leveraged Finance Internship

    • KKR

      Jan 2014 - Jan 2014
      Analyst Interviews

      Multiple telephonic interviews for 1st year analyst position at KKR New York.

    • Coast2Coast Capital (PTY) Ltd

      Feb 2014 - Feb 2014
      Private Equity Internship

      Coast2Coast is a $700m own-balance sheet PE firm.

    • Agis Investments

      Feb 2014 - Feb 2014
      Private Equity Internship

      The inspiration for Agis came from a consulting and advisory philosophy that Bernard Chidzero, Rolf Endres and Nic Raubenheimer first shaped at Michael Porter’s Monitor Group.

    • Horizon Equity Partners

      Apr 2014 - Apr 2014
      Private Equity & Growth Capital Internship

      Horizon Equity Partners is a USD$60m PE and growth capital firm. South Africa’s 2nd oldest independent PE firm.

    • Vantage Capital

      Jun 2014 - Jul 2014
      Private Equity and Mezzanine Debt Internship

      Vantage Capital Fund Managers (“VCFM”) has funds under management and investments of over R8.0 billion (c. $500 million).

    • Coast2Coast Capital (PTY) Ltd

      Jan 2015 - Aug 2017
      Private Equity Professional

      Coast2Coast is a $700m own-balance sheet PE firm. Experience during this time includes:- Involved in transactions of more than c. USD$140m EV. Sectors included CPG, food service, pharma, medical devices, apparel & personal care. - Acquisition of leading retail consumer plastics brand in Australia (>A$45m). - 6 week secondment to Australia to help with target pipeline (Sydney & Melbourne). - Attended 2x 3-day Advanced Negotiation Course taught by Harvard professor Guhan Subramanian (Feb'16 and Mar'17) Show less

    • Private Family Office of HNWI

      Sept 2017 - Nov 2018
      Director

      Co-built acquisition pipeline of USD$37m EBIT for family office. Negotiations and DD on companies.

    • PreparedUS

      Feb 2020 - Nov 2021
      Chief Operating Officer

      Prepared US is a leading PPE manufacturer and distributor. At Prepared sourced, negotiated & won Vizient GPO face mask contract: Vizient is the largest healthcare GPO in the US with a combined purchasing volume of more than $100 billion annually. Drove more than $25 million in medical supplies sales in one year. Built a custom AWS server with developers for sending bulk e-mails.

    • Gredale LLC

      Nov 2021 - now
      Director Government Contracting

      Gredale, LLC is a leading 100% USA-made isolation gown manufacturer based out of downtown Los Angeles, CA. Awarded c. $60m contract by HHS in Sep’24. Our gowns comply with the terms of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA). Gredale has delivered more than $10 million of isolation gowns under subcontract to the federal government.

    • MedPlus Supply

      Nov 2021 - now
      Member

      • Principal advisor to Access Bio, Inc. (AB) in securing their portion of a USD$803million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract under solicitation SPE2DE-22-R-0013 in Nov'22 for the procurement of over-the-counter rapid antigen COVID-19 test kits from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Led all aspects of the solicitation process and the road show, resulting in AB's first direct federal government contract award.• Current exclusive partner to a leading SDVOSB manufacturer for a multi-billion dollar (USD$) solicitation with HHS.• Secured a federal government contract as a subcontractor with the Indian Health Service, successfully sourcing and delivering all the required products. Show less

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