William Newman CFO

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Group CFO

DSI GROUP

Jan 2020 - Dec 2023 (4 years)

+80% of all mobile banking Zimbabwe and +50% of Zambia ◼ Strategic and operational partner to CEO with mandate over finance, treasury, legal, risk, compliance, audit, tax and human resources ◼ Maintained profitability in world's most inflationary market through labor rationalizations, revenue management and cost controls ◼ Executed group shareholding, tax and organizational restructuring to facilitate international shareholding and offshore liquidity

Chief of Staff

Millicom (Tigo)

Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year 1 month)

Millicom Nasdaq), through its brand TIGO, is a leading provider of cable mobile telecommunication services in Latin America and Africa. The firm had +$7B in revenue, employed +18,000 and had +50M customers during my tenure. My responsibilities focused on three core areas: ◼ Functional: Acted as trusted and informed adviser to the CEO and provided Executive Project Management for his strategic and operational agenda. Advised and directed the relevant owners of communication channels (internal, external and investor relations) on content to better align and unify the CEO's message across all stakeholders. Structured and guided content of information delivered to the Board, coordinated the delivery of earnings releases to financial markets and

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Acting CFO

MEIKLES LIMITED

Jan 2014 - Jan 2016 (2 years 1 month)

◼ Acted as group CFO with cross-functional mandate over strategy, finance, treasury, investor relations, human resources and IT ◼ Served on boards of Financial Services, Hospitality, Mining and Retail subsidiaries. Trustee of Philanthropic Foundation ◼ Co-founded Financial Services division: grew division from concept to cashflow positive and +150,000 clients in 15 months ◼ Executed disposal and allocation of legal settlement proceeds of +$100M USD in Zimbabwe Government Bonds, reduced company debt exposure by +40%, average cost of borrowing by +20% and led group restructuring resulting in labor related savings of +30% ◼ Named as World Economic Forum Global Growth Company during tenure – first ever company in Zimbabwe

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Volunteer

Feb 2013 - Current (13 years 9 months)

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INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT

Jan 2012 - Jan 2014 (2 years 1 month)

◼ Angola: Served as acting CFO of an economic holding company with annual revenue of +$25M with operating subsidiaries in the petroleum services, real estate and tele-communications sectors. Led finance, legal, administrative, procurement, and H.R. functions. ◼ Successfully implemented intercompany legal framework to externalize pre-tax revenue streams of Angolan Kwanzas, a highly controlled and non-convertible currency prone to inflation, creating off-shore dollar-based liquidity and significant tax savings ◼ Mozambique: Evaluated management and finance functions of 15,000 acre coastal real estate, tourism and conservation project ◼ Namibia: Built finance, legal, administrative and strategy divisions of diversified mining, construction and

CFO / SVP Finance / Corporate Treasurer and Secretary / President of Argentine Operations

Vostu

Jan 2010 - Jan 2012 (2 years 1 month)

Social Gaming Company in Latin America with investments of +$45M from top US V.C. firms including Accel, General Catal yst, Intel and Tiger Global ◼ Led financial due diligence and legal review of successful $30M Series C financing round ◼ Built finance, administrative and legal team and deployed SAP based ERP systems as company grew from 25 to over 600 employees ◼ Coordinated restructuring of worldwide economic and tax structure for Vostu, including all associated transfer pricing studies and compliance requirements. Oversaw all treasury and banking relationships. Successfully defended against litigation in Brazil and USA

Investment Banking Anal yst

Lazard

Jan 2008 - Jan 2010 (2 years 1 month)

Consultant, Strategic Outsourcing

IBM

Jan 2007 - Jan 2008 (1 year 1 month)

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Co-Founder

GREEN MOBILITY STARTUP

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 (1 year)

EV JOULES was a green mobilit y startup focused on the B2B use of fleets of electric vehicles for ride sharing in Latin America and the Caribbean ◼ Built company from concept to successful pilot in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 3 months ◼ Negotiated strategic alliance with world's largest ride sharing platform for Central America ◼ Decided to pause project for personal and family reasons ahead of fundraising necessary for execution of strategic alliance

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Consultant, Financial Service Advisory

Ernst & Young LLP

Jan 2005 - Jan 2007 (2 years 1 month)

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