Grant Mori

Experience

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  Deloitte

  Jan 2004 - Dec 2006

  Trainee Accountant

  Effective member of both small and large audit teams in Cape Town reporting directly to managers and partners, as well as liaising directly with clients onsite. Took responsibility for participating in interim and year-end audits requiring a variety of technical skills, including financial accounting, auditing, management accounting, taxation, commercial law and information systems. Soft skills included leadership, people management, self management and communication skills.Key industries and clients: Real Estate, Manufacturing, Tourism, Hospitality & Lesiure.A secondment to the office in London in January 2005 to March 2005 provided exposure to the insurance and investment management industry. Additional international Secondment: San Francisco (January 2007 to April 2007) Show less

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  Deloitte

  May 2007 - Jan 2015

  Proactive client relationship and business manager in an emerging market.Key Responsibilities:• Client service and business unit profitability and financial management. • Ensured all auditing and accounting technical aspects were dealt with at clients.• Growing the Deloitte brand in the market and winning new business. Key achievements:• Successful delivery of audit projects predominantly focused on the real estate and built environment industry.• Botswana Telecommunications Corporation - Project manager for the financial advisors to the Selling Shareholder for Botswana’s first ever privatisation (2014).• Deloitte Way Champion – co-ordination of the firm-wide staff recognition programme in Botswana • Market activity administration – co-ordinating the Smartnet CRM system administration; client service plan co-ordination.• Other key clients and industry experience:o Real Estate - Letlole la Rona, Botswana Development Corporation, PrimeTime, RDC Properties, Time Projects & The FaR Property Company.o Manufacturing - Kwena Concrete Products; o Resources - Atlas Copco & Morupule Coal Mine. o Tourism - Wilderness Air.o Private Equity & Financial Services - Venture Partners Botswana, Regent Insurance & Regent Life. Show less Proactive client relationship and business manager. Responsible for client service and business unit profitability and financial management. Ensure all auditing and accounting technical aspects are dealt with at clients, which range from multinational corporations to owner-managed businesses. Also responsible for growing the Deloitte brand in the market and winning new business.Key Responsibilities: Project management, Financial management, Practice management, Staff training, Winning businessCore technical skills:External auditing – International Standards on AuditingFinancial accounting – International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and IFRS for SMMEsTaxation – South African Income Tax & VAT LawsCorporate law – South African Companies ActKey Industry Experience: Logistics, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Resources, Agriculture, Fishing & Motor Other roles• Winning Business Lead Manager Role - Implementation of Winning Business Strategic Plan • Deputy chairperson of audit manager body – operational responsibilities • Consumer Business Industry group: Agribusiness (June 2012 to December 2012) Show less Proactive client relationship and business manager. Responsible for client service and business unit profitability and financial management. Ensure all auditing and accounting technical aspects are dealt with at clients, which range from multinational corporations to owner-managed businesses. Also responsible for growing the Deloitte brand in the market and winning new business.Key Responsibilities: Project management, Financial management, Practice management, Staff training, Winning businessCore technical skills:External auditing – International Standards on AuditingFinancial accounting – International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and IFRS for SMMEsTaxation – South African Income Tax & VAT LawsCorporate law – South African Companies ActKey Industry Experience: Logistics, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Resources, Agriculture, Fishing & Motor Other Roles: Deloitte Way Champion – co-ordination of the firm-wide staff recognition programme(June 2008 to May 2010) Show less

  • Senior Manager

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  • Senior Manager

    Jun 2011 - Dec 2012

  • Manager

    May 2007 - May 2011
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  RDC Property Group

  Feb 2015 - Jul 2020

  Chief Financial Officer

  Leading the Finance & Administration functions, successfully supporting the growth of the Group (R3.5 billion real estate group) including RDC Properties (“RDCP”), Botswana Stock Exchange listed property company. Ensuring stakeholder protection & more than doubling income distribution.Key Responsibilities:Custodian of the Group’s finances & assets. Reporting to the Group Executive Chairman, the Audit Committee and Boards of Directors. Responsible for the following key companies:- RDCP (www.rdcbw.com) including key subsidiary Capitalgro (Pty) Ltd (www.capitalgro.co.za); - Hotel operations: Chobe Marina Lodge 66 rooms (www.aha.co.za/chobe-marina), Protea by Marriott Gaborone Masa Square 182 rooms (www.aha.co.za/masa-square-hotel), Radisson Red (Rosebank, Johannesburg) 222 rooms (development) & Isalo Rock Lodge 60 rooms (www.isalorocklodge.com); - Scenic Adventures, casino operator for a new casino;- Italtswana Construction Company; and- Property and Asset Management, asset management company for the success and growth of all the above businesses.Key achievements:- Growing the investment portfolio from R1 billion in 2014 to R3.5 billion in 2020.- Expansion into South Africa plus investments in Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia & United States of America – the stand-out highlight being our 37% return on our first US project.- Capital raised for the key projects of RDCP and its subsidiarieso R280 million from RDCP rights issue, 2015.o Acquisitions and developments in excess of R700 million.o R140 million listed corporate bonds for RDCP in 2019 & 2020 (part of the R700 million registered bond programme)- Increasing the revenue of Chobe Marina Lodge by 56% from 2015 to 2019.-Turn-around of Masa Square Hotel business from 3 year loss making company to consistent profitability.- Implementation of group-wide controls & systems which provide uniform and consistent reporting.- COVID-19 centralised treasury management system for groupwide liquidity management. Show less

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  MORiStrategy

  Aug 2020 - Jan 2021

  Portfolio CFO
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  Deimos

  Jan 2021 - now

  Chief Financial Officer

  Deimos Cloud. The Cloud Native Developer & Security Operations Company.