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Marc Ackermann

Managing Director - South Africa
Location: South Africa

Marc has close on 20 years in investment banking experience across all corporate advisory aspects including mergers & acquisitions, debt…

Marc has close on 20 years in investment banking experience across all corporate advisory aspects including mergers & acquisitions, debt and equity capital markets, across a wide range of sectors, both locally and internationally. Prior to joining Investec, Marc worked at Goldman Sachs, Renaissance Capital and Nedbank Capital.

Marc’s sector experience includes, inter alia, retail, consumer, financial services, general industrials, telecommunications and metals & mining.

Marc’s select announced historical transaction experience includes being advisor to Ecobat in the disposal of its Southern African operations, Shoprite in the acquisition of select Massmart assets, Mr Price in its $250m acquisition of the Studio 88 Group, Mr Price in its acquisition of Yuppiechef, Cashbuild in its $75m acquisition of The Building Company, Shoprite in the strategic review of its non-SA African operations, BEEMilk’s acquisition of a 15% stake in Clover, Shoprite’s proposed $15bn merger with Pepkor’s African retail assets, Truworths £256m acquisition of Office UK, $1.2bn recapitalisation of Cell C, Sale of Helios’ stake (12.22%) in Equity Bank (Kenya), Ivanplats IPO and capital raising of $305m on the TSX, Kipushi mine $200m sale to Ivanplats, Royal Bafokeng Platinum IPO / capital raising of $430m on the JSE, Taung Gold $580m reverse take-over on SEHK, Master Drilling IPO / capital raising of $50m on the JSE and Anglogold Ashanti $2.1bn rights issue / demerger.

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