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Dominique Collett

Dominique Collett

Founder Partner At AlphaCode
Cape Town,Western Cape

Summary

As one of the Founding Partners of AlphaCode, I lead a venture capital fund that invests in innovative and scalable fintech startups in Africa. With 20 years' experience in the fintech sector, I have a deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges that technology can bring to the financial services industry and the African continent.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Founder, General Partner

AlphaCode
7 2014 - Current
  • Established AlphaCode, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on fintech in Africa, which identifies, partners, and grows exceptional entrepreneurs who demonstrate local excellence and global relevance
  • NED for leading African fintech businesses Entersekt, Prodigy Finance, Merchant Capital and Guidepost

Senior Investment Executive

Rand Merchant Investment Holdings
06.2014 - 04.2023
  • Senior member of RMI/H investment team, the listed holding company for large financial services companies FirstRand, OUTsurance, Discovery and Momentum Metropolotian
  • Responsible for RMI's fintech investment strategy and initiatives and built AlphaCode platform to facilitate this
  • Portfolio manager for OUTsurance, a large P&C insurer in South Africa and Australia. Worked closely with the senior leadership team on digital transformation strategies, establishment of new businesses within OUTsurance (investing and banking business) and establishment of strategic partnerships and ventures

Founding member and Head of Mobile Money

TYME
11.2011 - 07.2014
  • Founding member of TYME heading up Mobile Money and driving strategy, business development and capital raising
  • First installation of this hosted solution was MTN Mobile Money, launched in November 2012 in partnership with Pick n Pay
  • Within 9 months of launch, MTN Mobile Money had 1 million users on its platform and had processed over R1bn in transactions, making it one of the top 10 Mobile Money deployments globally

Head Banking Products – Inclusive Banking

STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED
04.2011 - 11.2011
  • Responsibility for liability side of balance sheet for division of retail banking that caters to low-income market which equated to 5.2m customers and ~65% of bank's retail customer base
  • Full product responsibility including income statement management, product design, strategy formulation, project management, system implementation and budget planning.

Senior Manager – Group Corporate Development

STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED
04.2007 - 04.2011
  • Evaluated and executed strategic initiatives and M&A opportunities for the Group
  • Key transactions include Standard Bank's acquisition of significant majority of Dundas Unlu in Turkey and the strategic investment into Troika Dialog in Russia
  • Assessed several potential acquisition targets in East Africa, across both retail and investment banking
  • Conducted analysis into organic and inorganic expansion strategies into other parts of Africa, including Nigeria and Angola.

Analyst

MCKINSEY & COMPANY
06.2005 - 04.2007
  • Consulted to and researched organisations primarily in financial services industry and based in Johannesburg office
  • Term of employment included 5-month secondment to Brussels office to work with several European clients
  • Projects included: performance transformation; industry diagnostic; growth strategy; operating system redesign.

Analyst, Strategic Investments and Alliances

STANDARD BANK SOUTH AFRICA
01.2004 - 06.2005
  • Provided support to Strategic Investments deal team in identifying, evaluating, and executing strategic growth and acquisition opportunities for Standard Bank's retail division
  • Key transactions included MTN Banking, SA Homeloans, Barclaycard and Moneygram
  • Research and evaluated several opportunities in technology industry – with focus on how these organisations could disrupt and/or add value to retail banking

Education

Master of Science - Finance

London Business School
London
01.2008 - 2010.05

Certificate in Corporate Finance - Finance

Chartered Institute For Securities And Investment
London
01.2009 - 2009.05

Bachelor of Science - Finance And Economics

Rhodes University
Grahamstown
01.2000 - 11.2003

Matriculated with 6 distinctions and received the Dux Scholarum award -

Parktown High School For Girls
Johannesburg
01.1995 - 12.1999

Personality Characteristics

  • Charismatic
  • Persuasive
  • Confident
  • Communicative
  • Self-starter
  • Competitive
  • Inquisitive

Personal Information

Nationality: South African

Interests

Running

Traveling

Yoga

Timeline

Senior Investment Executive

Rand Merchant Investment Holdings
06.2014 - 04.2023

Founding member and Head of Mobile Money

TYME
11.2011 - 07.2014

Head Banking Products – Inclusive Banking

STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED
04.2011 - 11.2011

Certificate in Corporate Finance - Finance

Chartered Institute For Securities And Investment
01.2009 - 2009.05

Master of Science - Finance

London Business School
01.2008 - 2010.05

Senior Manager – Group Corporate Development

STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED
04.2007 - 04.2011

Analyst

MCKINSEY & COMPANY
06.2005 - 04.2007

Analyst, Strategic Investments and Alliances

STANDARD BANK SOUTH AFRICA
01.2004 - 06.2005

Bachelor of Science - Finance And Economics

Rhodes University
01.2000 - 11.2003

Matriculated with 6 distinctions and received the Dux Scholarum award -

Parktown High School For Girls
01.1995 - 12.1999

Founder, General Partner

AlphaCode
7 2014 - Current

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