Akash Maharaj

Executive: Equity Finance & Investments at Standard Bank Group

Akash joined Standard Bank’s Equity Finance & Investments business with responsibility for growing the Investments business from Investec Bank where he headed up Investec's Emerging Companies business, as part of a wider team that focused on debt & mezzanine financing for non-listed businesses. Previous to this, Akash was part of the Equity Structuring team at Investec. Prior to joining Investec, Akash was head of Strategy and then a Corporate Financier at Citibank and an Equities Analyst & Trader at Deutsche Bank's Securities business after completing his articles at Deloitte. Akash is a Certified Financial Analyst and a qualified Chartered Accountant