Ross Paton

Experience

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  Gold Fields of SA

  Jan 1987 - May 1989

  Legal Advisor

  Commercial legal advisory

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  Investec

  Jul 1989 - May 1997

  Corporate Finance, Specialised Finance

  Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Raising, RestructuringsBEE Funding Specialised Finance (Project and Structured Finance)

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  Paton Personnel

  Jun 1997 - now

  MD

  Specialist provider of Recruitment and Training services. Impeccable 21 year track record plus extensive client base and large, qualified database.

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  HeartBeet Organic Superfoods Cafe

  Oct 2013 - Dec 2015

  Co-Owner with Thembi Mahlangu

  We created and built an ultra-modern cafe / restaurant in 2013 and opened in November. It was sold to a consortium of Private Equity investors in December 2015 who have now converted the restaurant to "Vuyos".Located in Vilakazi Street, one of the most historically significant streets of Soweto and which is steeped in history. Thrive was a stone’s throw from Nelson and Winnie Mandela’s first home and that of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and near the Hector Pieterson Museum.

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  Nomad Now: Online Hiring of Professionals

  Oct 2016 - now

  Founder

  Nomad Now is The Professional Freelancer Platform™ that fills the gap in the SA on-demand skills market. It is a digital platform for services performed by independent Freelancers. Freelancers sell their professional services to our Clients on terms agreed directly between Clients and Freelancers. We enable direct transacting between Clients and Freelancers to save time and to significantly lower costs. Nomad Now was founded by Ross Paton and Christel Bezou in 2016 and operates independently, but it is powered by Paton Personnel’s huge databases of contacts. Paton’s 20-year track record positions Nomad Now as the perfect partner to put you directly in touch with the best freelancers in the market. Show less