Brad is a co-founder of African Alpha Investment Partners, our London domiciled FSA registered Advisory and Capital Raising specialists. Prior to that, Brad enjoyed a 20 year career at Standard Bank in the key roles of Global Head of Global Markets (17 years) and Global Head of Investment Banking (3 years), the last 10 years being stationed in London.

He joined Standard Bank in 1992 after serving articles and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Delloitte Pim Goldby, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

During Brad’s career at Standard Bank, he built the trading and sales operations of the Group spanning 30 countries across the emerging market globe, trading across the spot and derivative spectrum in foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, equities, and commodities. He also formed the Global Debt Capital Markets and Securitisation businesses, assisting clients in raising capital from Global Investors. Under his leadership, Standard Bank has long been a leader in all of these products and the first South African bank to successfully lead the Republic of South Africa in a $1bn international bond offering.