Forward and Beyond

Johan du Toit, CA (SA), Registered Senior Business Rescue Practitioner Member of: SAICA, SAIB, SARIPA and TMA-SA

Johan is a highly accomplished and strategically minded Executive with exceptional commercial acumen and almost 30 years’ experience in leading successful organisations. He offers advanced business leadership skills, as well as expertise in developing and implementing systems, procedures and strategies; managing mergers and acquisitions; leading restructuring activities; and developing high-performing teams to deliver on organisational objectives. He is committed to productivity and performance improvement and provides a full capability offering in leading successful turnaround and alignment initiatives that significantly contributes to delivering sustainable growth and achieving organisational excellence.

Johan has been involved with all major banks/lenders in assisting companies with debt and balance sheet restructurings. He has also been extensively involved with companies owned and invested in by Private Equity firms, assisting them with turnarounds and strategic restructurings.

Areas of expertise are: • Organisational Leadership • Operational Restructuring • Debt Recovery & Restructuring • Negotiation & Influencing Skills • Strategy Development & Implementation • Implement and developing processes • Commercial Leadership • Acquisitions & Mergers • Corporate Governance • Change Management • Business Turnaround • Production and efficiencies improvements

Johan has been involved with a range of different industries and businesses, from companies in the listed environment (Sasol, Kelly Group and Alert Steel) to private equity owned companies(RTT Group and Duro Pressings/Alert Steel) , assisting them with restructurings and growth plans to ensure long-term sustainability. In 2008 Johan took 12 months “non corporate” sabbatical assisting a colleague in a manufacturing business; Steloy. Steloy specialised in manufacturing products to the petro chemical industry and supplied parts to companies like Aramco in Dubai, Sasol, Eskom and several major pump manufacturers in South Africa.

Johan has been part of senior executive teams in various industries, from education, logistics, manufacturing and retail, which gave him a broad spectrum of experience in several industry verticals. Working hand in hand with major banks and several private equity players also allows Johan to understand the requirements for major debt and balance sheet restructurings for companies in need.

This experience allows him an in depth understanding of restructuring agreements and the alternatives to get these restructurings successfully implemented.

Earlier in his career he was also involved with Naspers subsidiary (Logical Options/ Edufin / Damelin) and the Bophuthatswana Development Corporation, focusing on manufacturing businesses funded by the organisation.

Johan is a licensed Business Rescue Practitioner, a member of SAICA,SAIB, TMA-SA and SARIPA. He holds the CA (SA) qualification.

Stashia Smit, CA (SA)

Stashia is a highly accomplished and strategically minded Financial Executive with exceptional commercial acumen and almost 5 years’ experience in running financial and administration departments.

She is committed to productivity and performance improvement and provides a full capability offering in leading successful financial and administration departments by alignment of initiatives that significantly contributes to delivering sustainable growth and achieving organisational excellence.

January 2015 to November 2017: KPMG Auditors - Articles

December 2017 to 30 September 2018 : Shoprite – Divisional Deputy Financial manager

1 October 2018 to 31 December 2020: Reckitt Benckiser – Commercial Sales Financial Manager