WHO WE ARE
At Excelerate, we only invest where we can add real value, growth capital and business-building expertise. We pay special attention to underperforming and underserved markets with long-term, resilient and growing economic opportunity. Excelerate is led by our strong team of proven business builders who are dedicated to driving customer satisfaction through relentless execution.​
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At Excelerate, we're able to work across many sectors, providing best-in-class leadership, insights and knowledge to help companies achieve long-term growth. To do this we rely on a strong team of leaders and network of affiliates, who bring diversity of thought, experience and perspective to the table.
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OUR APPROACH
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We start by providing an analysis of current performance and diagnosis of factors underlying current performance gaps and/or influences on future performance.
Then armed with our combined experience, proprietary tools and methodologies, work with management to develop an understanding of what’s needed to achieve the stated objectives, and a framework/tools for how to get there and fast.
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Our Leadership
Gerry Price
Chief Advisory: Deal Structures & Rejuvenation
Gary j Lowe
Director - Consulting
Martin Steenkamp
Head of Acquisitions
Amanda White
Non-executive Chairperson, Co-founder, Active investor
Amanda is chairperson and co-founder of Excelerate. She has over 20 years experience in sales and business development, within the industrial technologies space, 14 years of which she was the lead in developing international business across Europe, the middle east and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Her vast experience in building and guiding sales teams is further supported by her solid record of increasing revenue and exceeding sales and GP targets expectations. Her strong relationship building ability has enabled her to successfully explore and open new markets, whether that be in a new business sector or operating territory.
Amanda is considered by her clients a strong a strong communicator, coordinating and successfully working with other departments across the business, as well as a variety of clients ranging from distributor /to professional installer and project consultants.
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Amanda holds a BA Hons degree in Industrial design and Technology from Brunel University.
Experienced with +35 years of Senior and “C” level Entrepreneur style Business Leadership in Small to Medium size Business, Gerry has a rich collection of successes and project accomplishments associated with high growth businesses within North America and internationally.
Gerry is a business leader who confidently is able to manage and coach others to achieve beyond expectation, particularly in large and challenging engagements. His open minded, “out of the box” approach typically provides better solutions and results than forecast. Gerry has a full comfort in Finance, Administration, Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing, which lends credit to his success in being a “Business Grower” and “Turn Around” specialist.
Gerry has undertaken typical assignments for Companies ranging from Start-ups to $60 million in revenue, ranging from “Hyper growth”, “Turn-arounds”, “Business transitions”, “Strategic redevelopment”, “Growth and Go to Market Restructuring”, “Management Mentoring”, “Board of Director & Stakeholder Consulting”.
Gerry Price
Active Investor, Chief advisor on Deal Structures, Rejuvenation and Growth Acceleration
Gary J Lowe
FCMA, CGMA, Investor, Director - Consulting
Gary has held several C-Suite leadership and management roles spanning finance, operations, commercial and CEO, across various sectors and sizes of organisations, in both private and publicly listed environments.
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Gary has headed up growth initiatives that include the expansion into new international markets (Africa), strategic bolt-on acquisitions, new product development /recurring revenue models and scaling of existing businesses. As a result, Gary has extensive experience in helping shape and execute strategies that drive improved stakeholder value. His expertise includes strategic planning, cultural rejuvenation, digitization strategy, financial discipline and M & A clustering.
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Gary earned a bachelor’s degree (honors) in finance and is both a chartered accountant and FCMA/CGMA.
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MArtin STEenkamp
CA(SA), Active Investor, Head of Acquisitions
Martin has more than 15 years experience in UK financial services, having co-founded one of the UK’s leading FX and payment service providers. Prior to that, Martin gained several years experience in the energy and mining sectors, having worked at Deloitte in South Africa and the USA.
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Having held both CFO and COO positions previously, Martin has a wealth of operational knowledge with extensive expertise in finance, regulatory environments, process design and growth strategies. He is also proficient in technology implementations, mergers and acquisitions and post-merger integrations.
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Martin is a chartered accountant and holds a B.ACC (Hons) degree in accounting.
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