M&A Advisor, CFO, Investor and Author
Strategic finance, transaction advisory and global market insight for founders, boards and investors.
About Robert
Finance Grounded in the Real World
M&A advisor, fractional CFO, investor and author helping founders, boards and businesses make clearer decisions around transactions, capital, growth and risk.
Robert Edwards is a CA (SA) with experience across audit, forensic audit and seven years in London investment banking. He works with founders, management teams, boards and investors who need clear financial judgement, transaction support and strategic decision-making.
Alongside his finance career, Robert has travelled extensively, including a recent journey across the United States, China, India, East Africa and South America. His forthcoming book draws on these first-hand observations to explore how opportunity, inequality, risk and economic systems operate beyond the theory of finance and the boardroom.
Advisory Services
I provide financial and transaction advisory support for founders, boards, investors and growing companies that need clear commercial judgement and experienced financial leadership. I've worked with start ups to listed entities.
M&A Advisory
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I provide end-to-end advisory support for acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, and capital transactions, working with management teams and boards throughout the transaction process. From target identification and valuation to due diligence, negotiation and post-close integration.
I've advised companies on growth equity raises, debt raises, full sales and take-privates across a variety of sectors.
CFO
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I support companies that need senior financial leadership. Companies ask me to help strengthen their financial strategy, improve cash flow visibility, develop forecasts and budgets, and communicate more effectively with boards and investors.
My goal is helping businesses make better financial decisions, improve performance and prepare for growth, capital raising or future transaction events.
Investments
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Outliers
Property
Robert is an investor in Outliers, a property holding company in South Africa.
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Dental Practice
USA
Robert is an investor in a dental practice, supporting the company's growth, financial structure and long-term value creation.
A first-hand journey through global markets, opportunity and economic reality.
After following a traditional finance career path, Robert set out to travel across global markets, including the United States, China, India, East Africa and South America.
What he observed challenged many of the assumptions often taught in finance. His forthcoming book explores how opportunity, inequality, risk, incentives and economic systems differ across the world — and what those differences reveal about money, work, business, personal finance and decision-making.
The book combines travel, finance, economics and personal reflection. It is written for readers who want to better understand how the world actually works beyond spreadsheets, headlines and theory.
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Robert is available for radio, podcast interviews, speaking engagements and panel discussions on finance, global markets, personal finance, opportunity, inequality and career decision-making.
His perspective combines technical financial experience with first-hand observations from global travel, making him well-placed to speak on the gap between financial theory and how economic systems work in practice.
Available For
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Radio interviews
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Podcast interviews
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Speaking engagements
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Panel discussions
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Financial literacy conversations
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Business and investment commentary