Alastair Walker, CA(SA), is an experienced commercial executive with extensive local and international exposure to investment management, M&A, corporate finance and private equity. Key strengths lie in strategic assessment and interrogation of business performance, deal origination and execution, acquisition funding and debt restructuring. He has a well-developed network in South Africa and abroad and experience across a wide range of industries including mining, media, retail, manufacturing and FMCG.

He is a Founding Partner of Network Investment Partners which is an association of investors who collectively make private equity investments into South African based companies.

He was a director and member of the investment team of Brait South Africa Limited where he represented Brait on the boards of both UK based and South African based portfolio companies. After an eleven-year career at Brait he resigned in early 2018 to pursue opportunities in the fintech space as well as a local food packaging & manufacturing business. From April 2004 to April 2007, he was a Member of the Corporate Finance Department of Anglo-American plc. Previously, he worked for Deloitte & Touche in Johannesburg and London. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) and holds a B.Com. and a Bachelor of Accounting degree, both from the University of Witwatersrand.