About me

Tech entrepreneur and revenue leader with 25 years of building and scaling digital businesses across Europe and Africa. Currently Chief Revenue Officer at rain, South Africa’s leading 5G telco.

Co‑founded and ran WAYN.com, Europe’s first travel social network, growing it to 25 million users, securing an 11  million‑dollar Series  A / partial exit in 2006, and later steering the full sale to lastminute.com.

Served as Managing Director for sub‑Saharan Africa at Travelstart, and as COO of fintech Ozow where we closed a landmark 50 million‑dollar Series B led by Tencent. Across these ventures, I've raised more than 70  million dollars, executed strategic M&A, and led high‑performance teams of 1,000‑plus through OKR‑driven scale‑ups.

UK Tech Entrepreneur of the Year and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. Board adviser and active YPO member, former Cape Town chapter chair, guiding founders on growth, funding, and operational excellence.