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Focused on financial services, the team has expertise across lending, hedging, derivative, and balance sheet optimisation strategies, to assist our clients in an ever-changing regulatory environment.

The team has extensive knowledge across various legislation and regulations such as the Banks Act, Insurance Act, Prudential Soundness Standards, Income Tax Act, Pension Funds Act and the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act with a proven track record in offering our clients appropriate funding and capital solutions.

Our dedicated lending team has a passion for serving this complex and sophisticated client base and thrives on creating solutions to fulfil our clients strategic, growth and or other needs.

The Institutional Finance team has executed on a number of transactions, ranging from and including:

  • Structured preference share instruments
  • Leverage finance transactions
  • Medium-term, bilateral or syndicated, vanilla or capital structured loans
  • Short-term, revolving credit facilities
  • Bespoke structured solutions

Meet the team

Melissa Bilsland

Melissa Bilsland

Head of Institutional Finance and co-head of the Institutional Segment

Melissa Bilsland

Head of Institutional Finance and co-head of the Institutional Segment

Shaun Timm

Shaun Timm

Institutional Finance

Shaun Timm

Institutional Finance

Our team sits within the broader Financial Products team, within Investec Corporate & Institutional Bank, focussing on financial institutions as clients. We aim to provide tailored solutions to meet complex needs in the highly regulated environments in which our clients operate. We provide various structured debt funding solutions aimed at optimising regulated balance sheets, purchasing equity stakes in target companies or achieving bespoke client requirements.

Kirsten Schut

Kirsten Schut

Institutional Finance

Kirsten Schut

Institutional Finance

Thabo Fokane

Thabo Fokane

Institutional Finance

Thabo Fokane

Institutional Finance

Melissa Bilsland

Melissa Bilsland

Head of Institutional Finance and co-head of the Institutional Segment

Melissa Bilsland

Head of Institutional Finance and co-head of the Institutional Segment

Shaun Timm

Shaun Timm

Institutional Finance

Shaun Timm

Institutional Finance

Our team sits within the broader Financial Products team, within Investec Corporate & Institutional Bank, focussing on financial institutions as clients. We aim to provide tailored solutions to meet complex needs in the highly regulated environments in which our clients operate. We provide various structured debt funding solutions aimed at optimising regulated balance sheets, purchasing equity stakes in target companies or achieving bespoke client requirements.

Kirsten Schut

Kirsten Schut

Institutional Finance

Kirsten Schut

Institutional Finance

Thabo Fokane

Thabo Fokane

Institutional Finance

Thabo Fokane

Institutional Finance

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Statutory information

Corporate and Institutional Banking, a division of Investec Bank Limited, Reg. No. 1969/004763/06. An Authorised Financial Services Provider and registered Credit Provider. A member of the Investec Group.