As an executive with a significant background in growing start-up companies, Roland Vetter specializes in technology, manufacturing and mining, with the skill to highlight opportunities and find innovative solutions to successfully grow such companies. He has diverse financial and operational ability at an executive level, including specialist expertise in completing due diligence, business plans and fund-raising. Historically he has had hands on expertise in assimilating and rationalizing operations as well as implementing projects, mergers, acquisitions and disposals. He has been responsible for risk management, internal controls, Corporate-governance and in optimizing funding structures including corporate tax planning. Roland Vetter is a Member of the Canadian and the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Accounting degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Mr. Vetter was the former Group Financial Director Services for the Zimco Group and a former Chairman of the Anglo American Audit Liaison Committee. He worked for 12 years for Zimco (part of Anglo American Corporation), comprised twelve distinct operations involved in manufacturing and mining with an annual turnover in excess of $300 million. Since immigrating to Canada in 1998 Roland Vetter has been actively involved in venture capital and has consulted to start up companies in both the technology and mining sectors.
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