Sydney Mhlarhi

Managing Director at Tamela Capital Partners

Speaker

Sydney Mhlarhi is a co-founder and partner at Tamela Capital, where he leads the firm’s mezzanine investment strategy across multiple sectors. He has played a pivotal role in executing numerous transactions and managing over R4 billion in mezzanine debt funds.

Before co-founding Tamela, Sydney established Makalani Holdings Limited, a JSE-listed mezzanine finance company focused on BEE and infrastructure investments. He served as Chief Investment Officer from 2005 to 2008.

With over 26 years of experience in the financial services industry, Sydney previously held the position of Director and Joint Head of the Acquisition Finance Division at Standard Bank. His extensive investment banking and corporate advisory background spans mergers and acquisitions, listings, IPOs, valuations, restructurings, privatisations, capital raising, and BEE transactions.

Sydney began his career at Ernst & Young, where he completed his accounting articles in 1997. He is a registered Chartered Accountant (SA) and a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.