JOHAN MEYER

Leverage an established network across high-net-worth individuals, family offices and financial-market professionals to identify potential investment and financial-services opportunities and facilitate appropriate introductions to regulated financial-services providers.

• Facilitate introductions and referrals to appropriately authorized financial-services providers where specialist investment, advisory or execution services are required.
• Supported relationship development between prospective clients and financial-services businesses through strategic introductions and ongoing engagement.
• Maintained active knowledge of financial markets, company developments, and macroeconomic conditions to facilitate informed discussions and strengthen relationship engagement.
• Develop referral and business-development opportunities through an established professional network while operating within applicable regulatory boundaries.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.

Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.

• Worked flexible hours across night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
• Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
• Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
• Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions, and make decisions.
• Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others.
• Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
• Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.

• Managed and retained senior relationships with hedge funds, institutional investors, family offices, professional investors, and high-net-worth clients as primary contact for investment discussions and portfolio implementation. Built trusted long-term relationships, deepened accounts, and identified new business opportunities through consistent engagement and understanding of client objectives.
• Partnered with hedge fund managers, portfolio managers, and investment advisers to develop investment and execution strategies aligned with portfolio objectives and liquidity requirements. Advised on portfolio positioning, execution strategy, liquidity management, position sizing, hedging, and risk management while executing transactions across equities, ETFs, CFDs, futures, and listed derivatives.
• Analysed company results, research, and macroeconomic developments to provide actionable investment ideas, market commentary, and portfolio insights. Produced client and execution reports, supported institutional capital-raising presentations, led daily market meetings, supervised trading activity, managed dealing-desk risk oversight, and mentored junior traders.

• Executed proprietary trading strategies across equities, ETFs, CFDs, single-stock futures, index futures and listed derivatives, developing extensive expertise in market structure, liquidity analysis, execution strategy and disciplined risk management. Traded proprietary capital across multiple asset classes, making disciplined decisions within established risk parameters.
• Developed execution strategies focused on liquidity, volatility, order size, market impact and prevailing conditions, monitoring market depth, order flow, bid-offer spreads and liquidity throughout trading day to adapt decisions. Applied disciplined risk management through position sizing, hedging and portfolio controls.
• Analysed company results, trading statements, analyst research and macroeconomic developments to identify trading opportunities and assess implications, leading daily market meetings on global markets, earnings, macroeconomic events, portfolio risks and trading opportunities while mentoring junior traders and overseeing operational controls.

• Progressed into regional leadership role overseeing commercial performance, strategic client relationships, business development and operations across Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth. Led multidisciplinary teams, enhancing revenue growth and operational performance across multiple branches.
• Held accountability for sales, operations, budgeting, forecasting, financial management and strategic planning. Developed and executed regional strategies focused on sustainable revenue growth and operational efficiency. Managed key corporate relationships, strengthening accounts and acquiring new business through consultative engagement and commercial negotiation.
• Led regional teams through coaching, mentoring and performance management, fostering accountability and consistent service standards. Managed financial reporting, cost control and resource allocation while collaborating with executive management to implement strategic initiatives.