Sigur Palace, Inc. aka Freedom Energy Holdings Introduces New Board of Directors - Seite 3

Chartered Accountant of South Africa Registered Auditor (CPA)
Mcom: International Accounting

Siphile Buthelezi

Siphile was appointed Chairman of Regulatory, Compliance and Government Affairs Committee and director of the Board of Freedom Energy Holdings. Siphile is a Senior Associate in the Banking & Finance practice at Bowman Gilfillan having joined Bowman Gilfillan as a candidate attorney in 2008. Siphile completed his LLB degree (with distinctions) from the University of KwaZulu Natal and was admitted as an attorney in 2009. Siphile spent a year in New York City during he spent six months at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (Law Firm), where he worked in their Credit and Capital Markets (Banking & Finance) Departments. Davis Polk then seconded him to Morgan Stanley (Investment Bank) for another six months, before returning to South Africa in 2011 to rejoin Bowman Gilfillan. Siphile has assisted various clients on a broad range of banking and finance transactions, including secured lending, syndications, acquisition finance, leveraged finance, project finance, capital market transactions and high yield bond transactions. Siphile is involved in private equity work within the firm. He has assisted various clients in setting up of private equity funds and providing legal opinions on various areas of private equity. Siphile also has knowledge of corporate law and commercial litigation. Siphile is also the Secretary General of the Progressive Professionals Forum which was launched in August 2013 by the President of the Republic of South Africa, President Jacob Zuma. Siphile is the board member of a non-profit organisation known as Ekupholeni Mental Health & Trauma Centre. Siphile is the founder of Project Back to Kasi which is a project focusing on young professionals going back to the locations/townships to assist young people.

Areas of Practice:
Corporate Banking and Finance
Construction Corporate and Commercial
Private Equity

Qualifications
LLB University of KwaZulu Natal (Westville Campus)

Tonderai Victor Manyeza

Tonderai was appointed Vice Chairman of the Board and chairman of the finance committee of Freedom Energy Holdings on the 09/12/2014. A very seasoned banker, prior to joining Sigur Palace Inc he served as the chairman of Sigur Capital from 2012 until early 2014. Tonderai was very instrumental in the formation of most of Sigur Holdings' subsidiary companies and he played a pivotal role in the restructuring of Sigur Capital, Sigur Tech and Sigur Minerals and moving their domicile from the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to South Africa in 2014. He began his International Banking career in 1992 serving in several capacities with Standard Charter Bank. In 1995 Tonderai was a Senior Clerk: International Banking -NMB Bank Limited. In 1997 Tonderai became a Credit Analyst-NMB Bank Limited and was promoted to Senior Credit Analyst in 2000. Continuing to move up in status Tonderai became a Senior Manager in 2005 and is currently the General Manager with TN Bank Limited since 2008.