Bertie van Zyl

Chief of Staff | ex-Bain | INSEAD MBA

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Experience

  • Chief of Staff at group.one
    Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Bain & Company ()
    • Manager
      Dec 2024 - Aug 2025 · 9 mos

    • Senior Consultant
      Dec 2023 - Nov 2024 · 1 yr

      - Accelerated Performance Transformation projects, including Technology and FinTech work streams - Private Equity / Investor Practice: >15 commercial due diligence projects and post-acquisition support across various industries in Europe and the US. Key focus areas include Commercial Due Diligence, Exit Planning, & Investor Strategy

    • Consultant (Private Equity Group)
      Jan 2023 - Nov 2023 · 11 mos

  • MBA Candidate at INSEAD
    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr

    Merit Scholar / Recipient of INSEAD Renaud Lagesse 93D Scholarship President: INSEAD Rugby Club Vice President: Africa Business Club Member: INSEAD PE Club, Consulting Club Campus: France & Singapore Class of December 2022

  • Summer Associate (MBA) at Bain & Company
    Jul 2022 - Aug 2022 · 2 mos

  • Standard Bank Group (5 yrs)
    • Manager: International Client Solutions FP&A
      Nov 2019 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Two-year transfer to the banks International Client Solutions (ICS) Group comprising of the UK, Jersey CI, Isle of Man, and Mauritius business - Managed team of analysts / trainees on Group CA program - Responsible for the budgeting, forecasting and board reports presented by the Chief Executives during the ICS board meetings - Regular meetings with C-suite to provide insights into the monthly results, drivers of material changes and updated estimations - Served as finance representative on the Investments Services Management Committee Projects led included: - Designed and implemented a multi-million GBP framework for the calculation of transfer costs across the 4 geographies within the ICS group - Led automation drive within my team to improve routine monthly deliverables (Alteryx, SQL, and PowerBI)

    • Investment Banking Coverage - Consumer Sector Analyst
      Jan 2019 - Nov 2019 · 11 mos

    • Financial Analyst, Wealth International
      Apr 2018 - Dec 2018 · 9 mos

      6 month Secondment to the UK within Standard Bank Group