Deon has extensive finance and business experience, which includes investment banking, advisory and business administration in the finance and mining sectors. He was a founding member of Investec Bank’s emerging market finance team and was involved in the financing of mining transactions in sub-Saharan Africa for more than a decade. He fulfilled the roles of chief financial officer of Shanduka Coal, financial director of Sentula Mining Limited, director of Resource Finance Advisers and head of resource structured finance at Investec Bank.