Lyall Welgemoed

Experience

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  Farmers Finance Company - EU

  Aug 1997 - Dec 2000

  General Manager

  Responsible for the general management of a company with an annual turnover of US $70 000 000Reporting to Directors Avignon Holdings InternationalManaging country-wide operations of retail, wholesale and credit organization.Staff compliment of 637Implementing and developing unique business systems for developing countriesNegotiating at National Government and Regional Sub Saharan European levelsWorking as a member of the National Re-design team aimed at developing a financially sustainable National Wholesale bank to develop agricultural production of both cash and food crops. Team members include national government, European Commission, national banking sector, private input suppliers and other parastalsDrawing up Business Plans for the development of the wholesale bank and policies governing loansResponsible for the marketing of Farmers Financing Company regionallynegotiating joint ventures in Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe Show less

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  Manica Africa - Bidfreight

  Jan 2001 - Mar 2003

  MD - Central Africa

  Restructuring of Manica Zambia due to past management and changing economic environment including re-organisation of staff and operational MO. Management of Relationships with Zambian Revenue Authority at ministerial levelManagement of Key Accounts for Region of Central AfricaCharged with the Strategic Development proposal for the integration Manica Africa and Group Companies with Africa.Development of new business concepts in terms of undertaking feasibility studies, generation of business plans and presenting strategic initiatives within Central Africa.Development and implementation of new operational IT systemDevelopment from business plan for negotiations with Government and Zambian Railways for purchase and opening of Container Terminal on Copperbelt. Selling of concept to Bidvest board. Successful negotiation with P&O Nedlloyd for Joint venture in Zambia and DRC. Successful negotiation of Joint Venture with Alfred H KnightFinancial management of P&L and Balance Sheet. Negotiations of new logistic route via Dar Es Salaam to DRC with Governments of Tanzania, Zambia and DRC. Re establishment of Manica as logistics provider of choice within Copperbelt and DRC. Show less

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  KPMG Consulting

  Feb 2003 - Jun 2006

  Manager

  Areas of FocusManagement of Various Public Sector Financial ProjectsProgramme ManagementSpecialist Advisor Strategic Financial and Supply Chain Management

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  ICPM Consulting

  Aug 2006 - Jan 2020

  Director

  •Senior Board and Ministerial Level Strategic Consulting•Information and Data Management Development and Integration•Project Directorship•Programme Management•Contract Management and Process Re-engineering•National and Regional Policy Development•SETA Accreditation Business Development• Product Conceptualization and DevelopmentDepartment of Transport: Conceptualization, Product Development, Sale of Concept and Implementation of the Scholar Transport System within the Eastern CapeVarious large project concept, tender response, stakeholder management and project development roles• Strategic RolesActing Chief Financial OfficerActing Head of DepartmentDevelopment of Audit Intervention programme resulting in turnaround of department from a Disclaimer with 16 qualifications to unqualified audit opinion within one financial year. This had never been achieved before in the history of public sector.Senior Financial and Strategic Management of DepartmentRepresentation of department at MINMEC and EXCO levelsRepresentation of department at SCOPAMember of Audit Committee TeamRisk Management CommitteeFraud Prevention CommitteeSenior Management CommitteeTop Management Committee•Strong focus on the following areas:GovernanceInternal ControlsBudgetingImmovable AssetsSCMFinancial Management•Project Director: Department of Transport-Implementation of the Scholar Transport System Implementation of the scholar transport programme for 56 000 school children dailyBudget R360 million per annum, total project value to date R1,2 billion•Kalliston:Food Security Blueprint for the Office of the President Lead Strategic resource Health Nutrition and DiseasePoverty AlleviationSocio Economic DevelopmentEducation and TrainingFinancial Management• Annual Financial Statement Projects within the Public SectorFinancial restructuring within the Private Sector•Risk and Quality Assurance – Prince2 implementation of R256 million project Show less

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  Brightwater Aquaculture

  Jan 2009 - now

  Board Of Directors

  Start Up: Developing South Africa’s first RAS integrated industrial salmon aquaculture project for production of 3,000 tons/yr using indoorAreas of Focus:• Business Plan Development• Capital requirements negotiation in terms of the funding mix• Market Research• Financial Modelling• Development of marketing strategy for aquaculture products – finfish, oils, feed• Funding Stack development• Investor negotiations• Development of Integrated Aquaculture industry planning – cradle to grave • Applications for certification with HASAP, DWAFF, ADEP• Development of a training needs plan• Transformational development of value chain suppliers • MoU and agreements with:• AKVA – implementation partner• PWC – audit • Coega – land availability and top structure construction• Price Forbes – international insurance• Global Fish – full offtake agreement• Royal Haskoning – Engineering and technical design• Rhodes University – training and development Food Security Blueprint for South Africa- National Intelligence Agency • Development of a strategic blueprint for the development of Agriculture and specifically aquaculture within South Africa.• Focus on small to medium to large size aquaculture projects:• Skills development• Financial modelling• Value chain development and support• Transformation identification and implementation planningEstablishment of (RAS) aquaculture industry for the Kingdom of Oman • The development of a large scale on-land finfish recirculation industry within the borders of Oman.• Financial Modelling• Tertiary and Secondary education and training sector development Establishment of a Recirculation Marine Finfish Farm and Aquaculture Centre of Excellence in Coffee Bay Office of the President • The development of a large scale on-land aquaculture recirculation industry within the borders of the former Transkei aimed at the socio-economic upliftment of the region and the creation of a strategic national asset. Show less

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  ICPM Cyprus

  Jan 2019 - now

  Independent Consultant