Job Title: FD
Company: Pan African Resources
Deon Louw has extensive finance and business experience, which includes investment banking and business administration in the finance and mining sectors. He has held the posts of Financial Director of Sentula Mining Limited, CFO of Shanduka Coal, Director of Resource Finance Advisers and Head of Resource Structured Finance at Investec Bank. Deon was appointed as Financial Director of Pan African Resources on 1 March 2015. He holds multiple degrees and is a CA.
He describes himself as having good commercial acumen, strategic insight and entrepreneurial flair, which, in conjunction with his ability to identify and analyse commercial opportunities has added substantial value to the organisations that he has been involved with in the past.
Work
2005 – Present Financial Director, Pan African Resources
2014 – 2015 Financial Consultant, Qinisele Resources
2007 – 2014 Financial Director and CFO, Sentula Mining
2005 – 2007 CFO, Shanduka Coal (Pty) Ltd
2003 – 2005 Director, Resource Finance Advisers (Pty) Ltd
1993 – 2003 Head - Mining Finance, Investec Bank
1991 – 1993 Professional Assistant, Finans Bank
1988 – 1991 Articled Clerk, EY
Education
1999 – 2001 Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute
1996 – 1996 Corporate Law and Taxation Law, Charles Sturt University
1996 – 1996 Certificate in Treasury Management, UNISA
1991 – 1992 Higher Diploma in Tax Law, University of Witswatersrand
1988 – 1988 Bachelor of Accounting Science, Honours UNISA
1983 – 1987 Bachelor degree in Accountancy, University of Stellenbosch
About Pan African Resources: Pan African Resources PLC is a South African based precious metals mining group which produces in excess of 200,000oz of gold and 8,000oz of PGM’s per annum. The company is listed on the JSE and AIM, with operations in gold and platinum group metals. Listed in Johannesburg and London, Pan African Resources is a mid-tier African-focused precious metals producer
