Patricia is a seasoned corporate finance executive with over 15 years of experience spanning capital markets, transaction advisory, and regulatory compliance across South Africa and the broader African region. She brings deep expertise in the full transaction lifecycle —from origination and structuring through to execution and post-transaction management —across mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital raises, asset disposals, and exchange listings.
As Executive Director at Vunani Corporate Finance, Trish leads the firm’s business development function, the JSE sponsor services practice and leads the Vunani Corporate Finance team across all SADC regions. In this capacity, she manages a diverse portfolio of listed and unlisted clients, providing strategic advisory across sectors including infrastructure, real estate, financial services, and resources. Her transaction experience spans delistings, structured finance mandates, and capital raises across multiple African exchanges, including the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Namibian Securities Exchange, Botswana Stock Exchange, Eswatini Stock Exchange and the Cape Town Stock Exchange.
Prior to joining Vunani, Trish spent seven years at JSE Limited as Corporate Finance Officer in the Issuer Regulation Division, where she served as a regulatory advisor to listed entities on compliance with JSE Listings Requirements, King IV governance, the Companies Act, and IFRS standards. Being a true entrepreneur at heart, before joining the JSE, Trish co-owned and ran a marketing and advisory firm in Cape Town with clients in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania. Patricia has experience both working in and with large-scale organisations at decision-making levels.
Patricia holds a BCom Finance and a BCom Honours in Investment Management and has completed an MBA with Henley Business School. She is a recognised thought leader in corporate finance, as well as the listed space across the SADC region, and has chaired and spoken at several high-profile industry forums.
