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Dylan Pooley

Partner CIO

Geddes Capital Commodities

Cape Town, ZA

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Dylan’s Biography

Dylan is the CIO and Founder at Geddes Capital Commodities (GCC). GCC is an innovative commodity trade finance company positioned to take advantage of the ’trade finance gap’ impacting small to medium size enterprises, ultimately improving the trade balance and global growth of trade in and out of Sub Saharan Africa into global markets.

Geddes Capital partners with producers and traders to optimise their workflow processes, supporting them as both a funding partner and supply chain advisor to shorten delivery cycles, improve product quality and security, as well as facilitating scalability of their supply chain without losing sight of vital due diligence. The company is passionate about Africa and focuses primarily on commodities which require little or no value add or production.

Alongside his role as CIO, Dylan is a Business Specialist at Geddes Capital, offering structured debt finance to small to medium sized enterprises in South Africa. He is responsible for capital raising, deal origination and sits as a non-executive on the credit committee.

Dylan is also the Founder-Director...
Dylan is the CIO and Founder at Geddes Capital Commodities (GCC). GCC is an innovative commodity trade finance company positioned to take advantage of the ’trade finance gap’ impacting small to medium size enterprises, ultimately improving the trade balance and global growth of trade in and out of Sub Saharan Africa into global markets.

Geddes Capital partners with producers and traders to optimise their workflow processes, supporting them as both a funding partner and supply chain advisor to shorten delivery cycles, improve product quality and security, as well as facilitating scalability of their supply chain without losing sight of vital due diligence. The company is passionate about Africa and focuses primarily on commodities which require little or no value add or production.

Alongside his role as CIO, Dylan is a Business Specialist at Geddes Capital, offering structured debt finance to small to medium sized enterprises in South Africa. He is responsible for capital raising, deal origination and sits as a non-executive on the credit committee.

Dylan is also the Founder-Director of Inn8Innovation, a consultancy that is highly acclaimed for proposing a variety of strategies identifying and solving complicated transactions. Dylan is also an investor, director and sits on the Boards of numerous businesses.

With over 25 years’ global experience in investment banking, trading for ICBC, Citigroup, HSBC and Martin & Co. in Johannesburg and London, Dylan offers his highly developed personal skills and knowledge to clients, to help facilitate corporate and personal development.
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Dylan’s Background

Geddes Capital Commodities
Partner CIO
Apr 2019 - Present
Cape Town, ZA
GCC is an independent commodity trade finance company which partners with producers and traders to optimize their workflow process in exporting to the rest of the world. GCC acts as both a funding partner and supply chain advisor to shorten delivery cycles, improve product quality, security and facilitate scalability of the client's supply chain.
Inn8Innovation
Founder Director
Jan 2017 - Present
Based in the UK and South Africa, Dylan is a consultant, coach and mentor applying innovative and holistic strategies to accelerate skills and enable rapid transformation to business, executives, entrepreneurs and people in Africa.
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Current Board Positions

Left Right Advertising
Investor & Board Member
Jan 2011 - Present
Johannesburg, ZA
Left Right Advertising is a digital first, integrated brand communications agency.
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Akata Renewable Energy
Investor & Board Member
May 2016 - Oct 2019
London, UK

Previous Board Positions

24 Haymarket
Investor & Board Member
Jan 2017 - Apr 2021
London, UK
A private network of seasoned investors and operators investing in partnership with outstanding entrepreneurs to build great companies.

Investments

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Thane Capital
Investor
Jan 2017 - Present
London, UK
Thane Capital is a property fund.
Frog Bikes
Investor
Jan 2015 - Present
London, UK
Frog Bikes is a small British company dedicated to making cycling fun for children. Frog Bikes believe that the lighter the bike, the easier it is for children to learn to ride.

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