Riaan Potgieter

Investment Director at StepStone Group

United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Investment Director at StepStone Group
    Jan 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

  • KPMG (14 yrs 1 mo)
    • The Strategy Group
      Apr 2011 - Jan 2018 · 6 yrs 10 mos

      Led and a delivered a broad range of strategic, margin & cost optimisation opportunities. Examples include: - Margin and cost optimisation project covering the global operations of a multinational FMCG company. Focus areas included commercial performance of brands, strategic portfolio optimisation and sales force operations - Cost, margin and customer portfolio optimisation for a leading European gas and electricity retailer - Revenue, pricing and value management project for a fuels retail business in Australia - Commercial optimisation for a large Chinese petrochemicals plant - Performance improvement for a leading European Petrochemicals park - Fuel retail network performance improvement for an integrated fuel value chain in South Africa Examples of project focus include Strategic pricing, Price elasticity, Revenue management, Customer portfolio management and optimisation, Competitor cost to serve analysis, customer churn, debt and working capital management

    • Corporate Finance
      Jan 2004 - Mar 2011 · 7 yrs 3 mos

      Worked on a range of M&A, Private Equity, Project Finance and Restructuring projects. Examples include: - Debt restructuring for the African operations of a multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate - Buy side assist for a private equity investment in an African tourism asset - Sell side assist in the divestment of an industrial asset for a multinational mining company - Performing valuation services for a number of African telecommunications transactions