Mr Keshav Sahadev
Vice President
YW Capital
South Africa
W : www.ywcap.co.za
Industry / Sector
Consultancy, Financial Services, Logistics, Mining, Power & Energy
Personal Profile
Keshav has 12 years of experience across private equity, corporate finance and management consulting, having managed transactions for some of the leading corporates across the continent. Keshav is an experienced transactor, having managed capital markets transactions across 12 international markets, which includes deals in 9 African countries. Whilst at YW Capital, he has led several capital raising initiatives for large listed corporates across Africa. Some highlights include managing the IPO for Hidroelectrica de Cahorra Bassa (HCB), which is to date, Mozambique’s largest IPO on its domestic exchange. In addition, he has also structured some of the largest empowerment transactions in the listed sector in South Africa, including derivative structures for that of MTN Limited, during the launch of MTN Zakhele and Zakhele Futhi, Capitec Bank Limited, Fortress REIT Limited, Huge Group Limited, Spear REIT Limited, and select family offices in South Africa. From an investments perspective, Keshav previously worked for Sanlam Investments and Khanya Private Equity, where he was an Investment Manager and a recognised top performer for the portfolio. Keshav kicked-off his career at Burlington Strategy Advisors and worked as a senior member alongside McKinsey on advising large corporates and SOEs across the continent. A significant proportion of his Keshav’s career has been focused on developing solutions for complex corporate balance sheet and financing issues, with a focus on bespoke equity structuring. His technical skillset is equally matched by his deal-making ability, particularly in accessing capital, where he covers the domestic institutional investor universe with voracity. To complete his skillset, Keshav is adept at technical matters relating to, inter alia, corporate finance, valuations and asset pricing, derivatives, and empowerment structuring. Among his various academic accolades, Keshav has an MBA (Summa Cum Laude) from the Gordon Institute of Business Science, where he graduated as the top student in 2017. In addition, he also holds a PGDip (Cum Laude) and Bachelor of Business Sciences degree (Deans Merit List) with Honours in Finance. Keshav is also a published finance academic, having written various articles with international implications for corporate finance methodology, most notably, his contribution to international systematic risk parameterization and its
Company Profile
? YW Capital is a bespoke international equity advisory boutique based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and operating across the African continent.
? Whilst YW Capital is an empowered advisory firm in terms of prevailing regulations in South Africa, the business aggressively and successfully competes on the domestic and international advisory platform.
? To date, the YW Capital team has raised more than R247 billion for its clients while working across 22 countries.
? At our core, our team are experts in emerging market and global equity advisory, where we have an unparalleled track record in raising capital across major domestic and international markets. In addition, YW Capital also advises on bespoke solutions for complex structures and transactions, across corporate finance, private equity, restructuring and strategic advisory.
? Our global network of partners and our international track record means that we bring a unique blend of experience, industry network, strategic insight and resources when working with our clients. Whilst we are sector agnostic, our team has a particular niche in real estate, technology, and mining advisory.
Our list of advisory services includes:
? Equity advisory
? Debt advisory
? Corporate Finance advisory
? Specialist Private Company advisory
? Sovereign Advisory
? Investor Intelligence
? Analytics
YW Capital – Principal investments
In addition to our advisory business, YW Capital has a focused strategy for principal investments, where we consider businesses underpinned by a three-pronged investment strategy:
? Strategic investments (i.e. businesses which YW Capital considers core to its business and would therefore merit a long-term, active management role in these companies),
? Accelerated growth investments (i.e. businesses which exhibit significant growth potential and are backed by an experienced and highly skilled management team) and,
? Opportunistic investments (i.e. refers to opportunities where YW Capital has an option to acquire a minority interest in investment companies where there is a unique ability to structure a transaction which results in significant short-to-medium term upside).
To date, our team has amassed a significant track record of investments, including being the largest non-institutional shareholder in Fortress REIT Limited, one of the largest REITs in the country. In addition, our business also holds stakes in various portfolio companies within the technology, real estate and financial services industries. Our investment strategy is underpinned both by our principal balance sheet and through our access to investors, whom we regularly bring into our deals.