Mike Scott
InvestorGroup Corporate Finance Director & Group Legal Counsel at Sigma Capital Group · Chief Financial Risk Officer at ARISE
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
About
Corporate Development Director and Group Legal Counsel with over 25 years in corporate finance and structuring, leading transactional work on corporate and debt matters and heading Sigma's in-house legal function.
Experience
- Arise B.V.Chief Financial Risk Officercurrent2025 — presentCity of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Rand Merchant BankHead (MD) : FIG - Corporate Finance2021 — 2025
- Rand Merchant BankSenior Corporate Finance Transactor (Senior VP / Director equivalent)2020 — 2021
- Rand Merchant BankCorporate Finance Transactor (Associate / Junior VP equivalent)2015 — 2019
- FirstRand Bank LtdGroup Treasury Portfolio Management: Portfolio analyst2013 — 2015
- FirstRand Bank LtdGroup Treasury Finance: Team leader - technical portolios2012 — 2013
- PricewaterhouseCoopersAudit manager2010 — 2012
- PricewaterhouseCoopersTrainee accountant2007 — 2009
Skills & more
Risk Management3Banking4Business Analysis3Financial Analysis5IFRS3Financial Modeling1Financial Accounting1Finance2Corporate Finance1Financial Reporting2Accounting2Auditing1
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Internal ControlsExternal AuditFinancial RiskInvestment BankingPortfolio ManagementTaxManagementFrom Mike's professional profile.
Colleagues at Sigma Capital Group
Adam Freeland
Managing Director - Partnerships at Sigma Capital Group
Alberto Onetti
Investor at Mind the Seed - MTS Fund
Annabel Dugdale
Head of Brand Marketing at Sigma Capital Group
Christian Barz
VP, Baird at InVenture Capital
Dan
Investor at Dwight Funding
Danielle Toal
Legal Director (Banking & Corporate) at Sigma Capital Group
Dev Gitay
Senior Investment Analyst at Future Now Capital
Edward Clough
Chief Investment Officer, Octopus Capital at octopus investments
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mike Scott?
- Corporate Development Director and Group Legal Counsel with over 25 years in corporate finance and structuring, leading transactional work on corporate and debt matters and heading Sigma's in-house legal function.
- Where does Mike Scott work?
- Mike Scott is Group Corporate Finance Director & Group Legal Counsel at Sigma Capital Group.
- Where did Mike Scott go to school?
- Mike Scott studied at University of Johannesburg (BCom (Accounting) Honours); University of Johannesburg (Bachelor’s Degree).
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Ross GoodwinVenture Debt Fund at Salica InvestmentsMark EsterhuizenPartner at Aura GroupTyrone MoodleyPrincipal at HAVAICHillel ZidelManaging Director at Kennet PartnersKarien StrydomChief Financial Risk Officer at ARISEShelley LotzOperations & Compliance at Horizon Equity Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Rand Merchant Bank27
David FrankelSeed Stage Venture Capital in the United StatesRichard CaseManaging Director, Head of BD at ArtesianAlex LeighManaging Director, National at Future Planet CapitalRauten HofmeyrChief Operating Officer at Acequia Capital (AceCap)Ian LessemManaging Partner at HAVAICRob HamerInvestment Committee Chair at HAVAIC
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Also worked at FirstRand Bank Ltd1
Also worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers1,816
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