Caversham Management Services Limited

Company Description

Founded in 2008, Caversham Management Services Limited (“Caversham”) is a holistic African continent-focused minerals and mining advisory as well as procurement firm operating in four principal areas: Strategy, Capital, Commodities and Procurement.Caversham’s headquarters are located in Johannesburg, South Africa.Having operated and/or consulted in the minerals and mining sector of the following African countries: Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Caversham has an extensive first-hand knowledge of the African continent and a broad project databaseStrategyCaversham Strategy provides management consulting services to companies in the minerals and mining sector in the areas of strategy formulation and strategy implementation. We work to support clients’ planning processes and drive the implementation initiatives.Recent mandates include facilitating a Russian client's entry into the Namibian uranium exploration and mining sector.Other previous mandates include facilitating a Russian clients’ entry into the Zambian copper and gold exploration sector as well as identifying the most competitive mining engineering and geological consultancies in the region and assessing their competitive abilities in terms of providing comprehensive mining, exploration and geological support services.CapitalCaversham Capital provides independent corporate finance advisory and transaction origination services relating to the African minerals and mining sector. We have a specialist African continent-focused approach with extensive international experience and local knowledge. Following the formulated strategic approach we leverage our networks to advise clients on acquisitions, disposals, joint venture transactions and fund raising.Recent mandates include identifying, assessing, recommending and conducting due diligence on the most suitable acquisition targets in the Mozambiquan and Zimbabwean gold mining sectors for a Ukrainian investment group.Other previous mandates include the application for manganese and iron ore prospecting  and mining licenses as well as development assistance to a manganese mine for a Russian consortium in South Africa.CommoditiesCaversham Commodities supports mineral and metal commodity producers with their international marketing efforts and the structuring of off-take agreements and assists commodity consumers with their procurement efforts in securing raw ore supplies. We offer comprehensive services across the transaction chain from origination, negotiation and structuring to logistics.Recent mandates include assisting a leading South African ferrochrome producer in locating and securing supply of Zimbabwean raw chrome ore for its smelter in South Africa.ProcurementCaversham Procurement is an African continent-focused procurement house providing an extensive range of services across the mining and beneficiation supply chain. We have significant experience in sourcing raw materials, components, finished goods, specially designed/engineered equipment and services. We provide advisory assistance to clients who require support with consumable products, maintenance, repair and operations.Recent mandates include sourcing of Canadian and Chinese mining equipment for South African and Ukrainian gold mining companies.Other previous mandates included sourcing Canadian and South African mining equipment and technical services for Zimbabwean gold mining companies.New Business PerspectivesThrough our local insight and in-depth market research we identified that minerals and mining as well as independent power production, real estate and infrastructure development will be the key drivers for African economies in the medium- and long-term perspective.Caversham acknowledges the investors’ growing demand for quality projects and investment opportunities in the above sectors and has aligned its market intelligence and broad network in order to produce comprehensive solutions. Our involvement in the business generation environment of independent power production, real estate and infrastructure development has resulted in creating new project databases to satisfy our clients’ extensive business views and priorities.Caversham’s strength lies in the ability to interact with senior officers from public utilities, regulators, top law firms, major hotel groups, supply chain participants, banks and other financiers, professional services firms and manufacturers around Africa to provide the best advice, to offer detailed knowledge about the specific industries and to offer the optimal investment solutions.Business Development and Operational SupportBesides the principal areas of expertise, Caversham provides representation services to clients that require official representation in Africa so as to be able to better engage local opportunities, source local products as well as enhance their global business profile.We assist our clients in leveraging network-enabled processes and activities in order to optimise the relationship with Africa-related business networks, including customers, suppliers, partners and government bodies.For comprehensive and complete on-the-ground service, we arrange meetings with partners and clients, key industry players and associations, authorities; conduct hotel arrangements, transportation, interpretation and translation; provide know-how on the do’s and don’t ’s of doing business in Africa.