SASOL                                                                                                                Aug 2006 – Jan 2015
Senior Specialist: Business Development
  • Managed a team of Business Development Consultants.
  • Business development for start-up, growth projects and business turnarounds across various industries from deal sourcing to full business implementation.
  • Services offered included: strategy development, deal structuring, raising capital, project and programme management, financial modelling, business turnarounds, growth projects, operational improvements, business re-engineering, due diligence and change management.
  • Responsible for project portfolio, resource allocation and results on projects.
  • Built robust strategies, detailed financial models and business plans.
  • Structure the funding proposal appropriately: debt, equity or via any other financially-engineered products, also raising capital.
  • Worked closely with DTI and IDC on projects in the chemical industry.
  • Full business turnarounds done where appropriate using a well-structured methodology to manage the project team.  Addressing all functional areas of the business. Looking at cost saving and revenue generation.
  • Created R60m debt fund via Jobs Fund – for Sasol ESD.
  • Organisational Design for the funding pillar: strategy, structure, human resource plan, budget, investment committee and business review forum.
Reason for leaving: Group re-structure – voluntary retrenchment
“I CAN ALSO ATTEST TO ANDREW SCOTT'S CHARACTER, ATTITUDE AND WORK ETHIC. HE WAS ALWAYS A HIGH PERFORMER, BEING ASSESSED AS AN EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMER OR TOP PERFORMER DURING HIS WORK CAREER AT SASOL."
Hennie Roets, Sasol