BRETT ERASMUS, MBA, CA(SA)

US citizen and EEA family permit holder – Willing to relocate

New York, NY +1-347-***-**** ac4818@r.postjobfree.com PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WEST 4TH CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC., New York, NY 2016 - Current Founder and Managing Partner

Acquisition of clients through identification of revolutionary new tech business ideas Managing the deal flow and negotiating all engagement agreements, fee schedules and term sheets Preparing business plans and valuation models for startup clients to support the seed and pre-seed capital raise rounds Pitching the business model and risks and rewards of these new businesses to venture capitalists and private equity investors Managing all aspects of the partnership, from legal to operational, tax, accounting and reporting NEW YORK UNIVERSITY’S LEONARD N. STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, New York, NY 2014 - 2016 Student in MBA Program

Graduated in top 7 students in the J’16 class (equivalent of magna cum laude) Majored in Finance, Leadership and Global Business THE SQUASH CENTER, New York, NY 2011 - 2015

Chief Financial Officer of the Startup Company

Part time position as CFO and Board Member of the not for profit company Developed the financial model used to secure contracts, raise funding, and obtain 501c3 status for the organization from the IRS Liaised closely with General Counsel and CEO in the management of all accounting and reporting responsibilities for the entity DEUTSCHE BANK AG, New York, NY 2005 - 2014

Vice President in Group Finance 2009 - 2014

Providing advisory services to Americas Trading Desks as a member of Structured Trading Utility Team/APAG Developed DB’s accounting policies and gave training sessions on accounting and valuation to other DB divisions Preparation of comment letters to the FASB and IASB on new areas of accounting, e.g. interest rate and loan loss methodologies Advised investment banking business area on accounting treatment of mergers and acquisitions entered into by the bank Assisted various DB trading businesses with structuring their trades and arriving at appropriate regulatory and accounting treatment Worked closely with External Disclosures Group in Frankfurt in development of the notes to the group financial statements Prepared IFRS and US GAAP accounting solutions for primarily the credit trading desks within DB’s fixed income trading division In collaboration with risk management, created new deal modeling required for certain fixed income products post the financial crisis Assistant Vice President in Global Markets 2005 - 2008 As Controller for the Structured Credit Trading Desk, managed a team performing the month end reporting for the Desk Performed due diligence work for acquisitions of existing companies by DB structured credit business area Involved in deal-making for the trading desk from advisory perspective in terms of accounting and regulatory treatment of new deals Managed risk in new deals by ensuring that all legs of each trade were booked, valued and accounted for correctly Responsible for month-end and year-end financial reporting and budgeting for over $500 million in annual revenues Created and maintained the valuation models used as a basis for forecasting the profit/loss expectations Prepared all financial reporting under two accounting frameworks - IFRS for Frankfurt, US GAAP for local SEC reporting Development of SOX reporting templates for the business area and completion of these quarterly controls checklists Worked closely with Legal Entity Controlling in the preparation of US GAAP figures and SEC CALL reports PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, New York, NY 2003 - 2005 Manager in Capital Markets Group

Managed $1 million in annual revenues for audit services provided to AIG Financial Products, a division of AIG Performed due diligence work for clients in anticipation of listing equity securities on the New York Stock Exchange Managed the team for the audit of Endeavour Capital Management, a hedge fund based in Greenwich, Connecticut Day-to-day management of teams of audit staff in execution of detailed substantive testing at clients Documented process flows and identified weaknesses under internal controls/SOX audits of clients Promoted from Senior Associate to Manager in 2004

DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU LTD, Dublin, Ireland and Johannesburg, South Africa 1998 - 2002 Senior Associate in Financial Services Practice

Managed audit teams in performance of substantive and control testing at banking, insurance and asset management clients Performed extensive audit, corporate valuation, as well as risk review work, mitigating audit and financial risk at clients Performed due diligence work for listings of fund interests on the Irish Stock Exchange Detailed review of client financial statements and the notes thereto and made improvements where needed Client’s financial statements were prepared using IFRS and US GAAP as the basis for accounting Performed long term consulting assignment within the treasury division of Allied Irish Banking Group Promoted from Associate to Senior Associate in 2000 EDUCATION

NMMU, South Africa 1993 - 1997

Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting 1996 - 1997

Bachelor of Commerce in Economics 1993 - 1995