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vcardDustin Graham

Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter
Trumali Forum Building
Trumali Street
Stellenbosch 7600
About

Born in Johannesburg, Dustin Graham began his career in corporate finance in 2006 and has since concluded numerous high-profile transactions across a broad range of sectors. During his professional life, Dustin has worked in South Africa, London, New York and Sydney; this international experience adds depth to his understanding of diverse commercial forensic, fraud and M&A engagements.

Dustin’s role as a key driver in the development of his own group of companies means he brings a great deal of both technical and first-hand experience in all aspects of a corporate transaction. Dustin brings a calm, measured and structured approach to a transaction and can conceptualise creative and value-generating structures to best enable a corporate transaction to succeed.

success

In his tenure as Managing Partner of Benchmark International's South African offices, Dustin takes pride in leading his team of emergent young professionals and seeing them succeed. He strongly believes that his greatest gain is seeing the progress of his team and the way they approach the market with extreme expertise.

Empathisch

Aufschlussreich

experience

Dustin has worked within both large corporations and mid-tier firms in first and third worlds, facilitating transactions of a global nature. He has serviced transactions on the buy-side and the sell-side and has been a client in an M&A deal.

Being an entrepreneur himself and having handled corporate transactions in many sectors, industries and jurisdictions, Dustin is well positioned to identify with clients and their individual circumstances. He considers himself to be a pathological problem-solver by nature and will completely integrate with client’s decision-making structures to ensure that he and the Benchmark International team deliver transaction outcomes that meet - and often exceed - client aspirations.

Education

BCom Honours (University of Natal); Chartered Accountant (SA)

Skills

Writing Effectively, Speaking Effectively, Listening Effectively, Business Strategy, Business Development, Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting, Project Management, Business Analysis, Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Restructuring

Passion

Dustin is passionate about solving unsolvable problems; by virtue of an inherent ability to intuitively discern both real and imagined constraints, he is able to apply realistic solutions that cut through the heart of any given problem. The experience gained working in corporate finance and in fraud has added to Dustin’s ability to perceive outcomes that are not easy to identify upfront and to mitigate risks and solve problems before they become dealbreakers. 

Mr Graham is patient and service oriented, both attributes that allow him to engage with clients for the long-term in order to achieve objectives that cannot be rushed.

Fleißig

Ruhig

Dustins persönlicher und professioneller Ansatz war von unserem ersten Kontaktpunkt über das Onboarding bis hin zum Fertigstellungstag zu spüren. Wir profitierten von seinem Rat, seinem Vertrauen und seiner Coolness unter dem Druck der abschließenden Verhandlungen, die für uns als Eigentümer einen großen Unterschied gemacht haben. Wir hatten nie das Gefühl, dass dies nur eine weitere Transaktion war. Darüber hinaus war sein Netzwerk aus professionellen Dienstleistern im Rechts- und Steuerbereich für Clarotech von großem Wert. *
Colin Fair
Clarotech
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Nur um Sie wissen zu lassen, dass ich diesen Prozess seit einer Woche vor weniger als einem Jahr durchlaufen habe und es dennoch eine lohnende Erfahrung für mich persönlich und für das Unternehmen war. Ich habe während meiner gesamten beruflichen Laufbahn bei Avis Forklift gearbeitet und war daher nie in der Lage, das Unternehmen oder seine Anteile oder irgendein anderes Unternehmen zu verkaufen, und ich hatte keine Ahnung, wie kompliziert dieser Prozess sein könnte. Von Susan und mir, vielen Dank an Dustin, dass du diese Reise relativ reibungslos und, was noch wichtiger ist, zu einer erfolgreichen Transaktion gemacht hast, da wir es ohne dich nicht geschafft hätten. *
Kevin Bailey
Avis Forklift
* translated