Our Team

At Cresco we are more than just project finance advisors. With a proven track record and experience across a diverse portfolio of industries, our team are willing to do the groundwork to turn your idea into a bankable solution and increase the likelihood of its success.

We assist project promoters and sponsors to develop their project with funders’ considerations in mind from the start. Our team works with you to move your project up the value curve, from creation to operation, by applying specialist expertise including financial, commercial and program management skills that your project needs to rise to its full potential.

Executive Directors

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Conrad Hefer
Managing Director
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Francois Viljoen
Director
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Robert Futter
Director
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Andy Tant
Director
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Helgaard Muller
Director
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Divisional Directors

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Ben Verhoef
Director: Property Advisory
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Krishna Pillay
Director: Advisory
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Associate Partners

Mesuli Dhlamini
Associate Partner
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Thys Reyneke
Associate Partner
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CJ Venter
Associate Partner
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Christine Engelbrecht
Associate Partner
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Johan Greyling
Associate Partner
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Alwyn Coetzee
Associate Partner
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Senior Associates

Jaco

Jaco Swart
Senior Associate: Transaction Advisory

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Chris Ashworth
Senior Associate: Financial Modelling

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Robert Grant 
Senior Associate: Transaction Advisory

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Tyronne Branders
Senior Associate: Financial Modelling

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Corinne Berg
Senior Legal
Associate

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Dominic Goncalves
Senior Associate: Decarbonisation Solutions

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Mathieu Caron
Senior Associate: Financial Modelling

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Olga Suchkova
Senior Associate: Transaction Advisory 

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Enriko Fourie
Senior Associate: Transaction Advisory

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Sonia Keulder
Senior Associate: Transaction Advisory

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Associates

Callan Leong-Ambelal
Associate

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Furqaan Ahmed
Associate

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Backoffice

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Lynette Du Toit
Office Manager

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Mandy Smit
Assistant Office Manager

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Vumile Pitso
Receptionist

Charlene Boezak
Proposal Preparation Specialist