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Thomas Orr

Thomas Orr

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Fruit&Veg Farmer

  • Education

    • St. Andrew's College

      1997 - 2000

    • Paul Roos

      1996 - 1996

    • Beijing Language and Culture University

      2005 - 2006
      Chinese Language

      Activities and Societies: HSK Level 6

    • Peking University

      2006 - 2008
      Postgraduate Finance (Chinese language program)

    • Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch

      2001 - 2004
      Degree Law, Political Science, Economics

  • Experience

    • Frontier Advisory Deloitte

      Jan 2005 - Dec 2007
      China Representative

      Provided market entry and investment facilitation advice to companies and governments between China and African countries. (prior to Frontier Advisory's partnership with Deloitte)

    • Centre For Chinese Studies

      Feb 2005 - Jun 2008
      China Representative

      Policy think-tank on China-Africa political economy issues, based at Stellenbosch Univeristy.

    • Standard Bank

      Jul 2008 - Dec 2012

      Developed Standard Bank's new China Office from scratch. Investment Bank focus: Chinese companies investing in emerging markets, mainly in African resources. ICBC is 20% shareholder of Standard Bank, my team manages this relationship.

      • Manager, Leveraged and Acquisition Finance Team

        Jun 2011 - Dec 2012

      • Manager, Energy, Utilities and Infrastructure Team

        Jan 2010 - Jun 2011

      • Manager, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Project Team

        Jul 2008 - Jan 2010

    • African Parks Network

      Jul 2013 - Feb 2016
      Commercial Manager

      Responsible for driving sustainable revenue-generating projects at 10 national parks in 8 African countries, including safari tourism concessions, documentary film-making, carbon credits, sustainable resource utilisation etc., and arranging funding for these projects. In addition, supporting local community programmes to ensure that local communities benefit sustainably from the park over decades, not by over-harvesting the park's resources in the short-term. Finally, producing in-house contracts with third-parties, investment feasibilities, budgeting etc. Show less

    • Travelling & learning French

      Mar 2016 - Jan 2017
      Explorer

    • South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

      May 2016 - Aug 2016
      Subcontracted Researcher

      Contracted to produce a peer-reviewed, published paper titled: Re-thinking the Application of Sustainable Use Policies for African Elephants in a Changed World. To inform policy-makers on ivory trade debate issues ahead of CITES 2016 conference. Also proposes alternative solutions to pratical challenges of ecosystem protection and human development in Africa. http://www.saiia.org.za/occasional-papers/re-thinking-the-application-of-sustainable-use-policies-for-african-elephants-in-a-changed-world

    • AgriProtein Technologies

      Feb 2017 - Feb 2020
      Commercial Manager

    • Muchenje Farm

      Mar 2020 - now
      Owner

      For the past 25 years, Muchenje Farm has been the leading grower of Speciality Fruit & Veg in Southern Zambia. We supply over 60 products to all Supermarkets, Tourism Hotels and Direct Sales channels in the region, proudly employing over 70 Zambians from the local villages of Simonga & Sinde.

    • ENTOCYCLE

      Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
      Commercial Manager

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Chartered Financial Analyst (Passed all 3 levels first time)

      CFA Institute
      Jan 2009