avantgarde systems solutions nigeria ltd company profile

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1/18Faithful Guardian of Treasury Strategies and Technolo gical Inn ov ation

AvantGarde System & Solutions

Nigeria Ltd

Company Profile

Faithful Guardian of Treasury Strategies and Technolo gical Inn ov ation


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About Us

AvantGarde System & SolutionsNigeria Ltd

After many years of successful Treasury, Risk Management consulting

and SAP End to End implementations in Africa and the USA , the

founders of AvantGarde Systems and Solutions Ltd saw an opportunity

create a local consulting and Technological company in West Africa

with fresh approach and tested delivery models. AvantGarde Systems

and Solutions is the child -company of CTS Pty Ltd in South Africa and

Gabod Consulting Group LLC in USA.

Our differentiators: The experience we bring from work in the rest ofAfrica and the USA, availability of in-house treasury and banking

business skills complemented by SAP technical skills , encouraging

entrepreneurial flair (but with accountability), development of local

talent through training and mentorship and a drive for innovation.


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Our Team

Victor NkomoVictor Nkomo has extensive experience as a Senior Treasury business & Systems consultant,

and presenter on treasury training courses. Victorsexpertise lies in managing Treasury in the

key areas of cash and liquidity management, managing financial instruments and riskmanagement (market and credit risks). Victor continues to share his innovation and wisdom in

the interesting world of Treasury and systems and has successfully developed efficient up-to-

date policies, procedures, strategies, performance measurement systems and internal control

systems. His experience with major investment banks and public corporates give him and

AvantGarde an edge to advise Corporate and Government entities on a range of treasury

management and risk management issues. Victor has in the past worked for Deutshe Bank,

Rand Merchant Bank and his treasury business experience is complemented by over 7 years of

implementing SAP Treasury and Risk management systems. Implementing Treasury systems incorporates of different business nature has given Victor a great understanding of treasury

processes, equipping him to assist clients in all aspects of their Treasury and Risk Management

function.

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Our Team

Lloyd ChisholmLloyd Chisholm has both an accounting and IT background and has a BComm. degree from the

University of Cape Town and a CISA qualification. Lloyd has worked in major corporates

(Caltex (6 years), SAP (12 years), Nedbank Group (4 years)) in senior management positions

and headed up the SAP Africa financial services division and was an executive member of SAP

Africa. Lloyd is a highly experienced Project and Programme manager and has worked in aprofessional consulting environment at the likes of Deloitte, SAP Consulting and Ernst & Young

(Executive Director) in general IT advisory, SAP solution delivery and practice development.

Lloyd has extensive SAP and Banking, IT experience. Lloyd has received awards at SAP

(Pinnacle Performer x 2) and at Nedbank (Chairmans award). Key areas of expertise and

experience include Project and Programme Management (15 years), Leadership (20 Years),

Entrepreneur (3years) SAP experience (25 Years) and Sales (12 Years).

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Our Team

DR Victor GumboVictor holds a PhD in (OR) Financial Modeling, MSc in Mathematics of Finance, Honors in

Mathematics and a BSc Mathematics, Professional Certificate in Financial Modeling (New York

Inst. of Finance) and is a Certified Basel II Professional. Victorsdistinguished expertise lies in

the following areas Credit & Market Risk Modeling, Basel II & Solvency II (Banking sector,

Insurance sector & Other lending corporates), Revenue Forecasting & Modeling (Revenue

Authorities &Local Government Municipalities) and project/enterprise valuation using state-of-the

art methodologies. His training has benefited many professionals in the banking, tax and the real

projects industries within SADC and beyond. He has worked in various universities, private

consultancy and in the banking industry, basically building different types of models. He does

research, training and consultancy in many spheres of financial mathematics including capital

budgeting, interest rate modeling, risk analysis, portfolio theory and derivative option pricing. Heis currently involved in major Basel II/III implementation projects around SADC and East Africa

He is a partner of the well-known California-based company, Real Options Valuation Inc. headed

by Dr Jonathan Mun (www.realoptionsvaluation.com).

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Our Team

Dr. Blessing MudavanhuDr. Blessing Mudavanhu is on the advisory board of CTS. He has a lot experience working in the

financial services industry as a senior executive, which includes being a Chief Risk Officer for a regional

African bank. He also spent many years working on Wall Street, where he was a Director in Global Risk

Management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York. Dr. Mudavanhu also worked as a SeniorRisk Analytics Associate in the Enterprise Risk Management Group at American International Group

also in New York. He is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer of Financial Mathematics in the School of

Computational and Applied Mathematics and also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Wits Business

School at the University of Witwatersrand. Dr. Mudavanhu holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours)

degree in Mathematics from the University of Zimbabwe, a Master of Science degree and a Doctorate

in Mathematics from the University of Washington in the United States. Blessing Mudavanhu also holds

a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from the Haas School of Business, University of California

at Berkeley also in the United States. He has published many research papers in the Journal ofInvestment Management and in many mathematics journals. Dr. Mudavanhu was an Adjunct Professor

of Risk Management at the City University of New York. He is listed in Whos Who in America and is a

recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship. He is an invited speaker to many international risk management

and financial mathematics conferences.

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Our Team

Adebola Akapo Akapo holds a 1st Class Degree in Computer Engineering and PGD from University of

Liverpool, whilst also enrolled in Masters in Systems Design and Project Leadership from

Cornell. Having served in IT, Telecoms & Security for the past 10 years with continued

success in meeting targeted objectives, Akapo is a professional who not only can provide

measurable results, but a candidate with extensive Technical and Managerial skill-set. Along

with an extensive background, he has Master level of knowledge of multiple technologies

and IT disciplines, able to design planning for accessibility, scalability, and availability, with

broad knowledge of IT and business standards and best practices and how to apply them

appropriately in solutions. He holds over 20 professional certifications. Akapo's

distinguished expertise lies in the following areas - SAP Security and GRC, Enterprise

Resource Planning (ERP) Systems, Quality Assurance (QA), Capacity Planning, ProjectManagement & Documentation, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), SAP Implementation Project

Management ,Testing/Troubleshooting, Enterprise Architecture, Vendor Evaluation, IP

Convergence and Integration, Video Management System (VMS), Systems Analysis, ISO

9000 and 270001 Guidelines and Standard, Information Systems Security, Business

Intelligence, Risk/Threat Assessment, ISO 27001 Implementation, SIEM

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Our Team

Riaan OsthuizenRiaan Oosthuizen matriculated in 1979 and enrolled at the North West University for a BComm.

Degree In 1985. He obtained a BComm.(Hons.) degree in law and Finance. By condonation by

the Judge President, Riaan was appointed State Advocate in 1987, where he appeared for the

State in several high profile High Court cases. In 1989 he was appointed as Private Secretary to

the then Minister of Police. In 1990 he joined the South African Navy , with the rank of

Lieutenant. In 1992, Riaan ventured into business and in the period 1992 till 2001, Riaan was

the CEO of several successful businesses, both in South Africa, Thailand, The Netherlands and

the United States. In 2001 he obtained an LLM degree (Cum Laude) from the Rijkuniversiteit of

Groningen in the Netherlands. He returned to South Africa in 2002 an established one of the

most successful SAP Practices, Tadcon and Elemental. Both companies were sold to a leading

IT company in South Africa in 2006. In 2007, Riaan established Invent Resource Solutions, ahousehold name in SAP and Information Technology in South Africa and Africa. In 2014, Riaan

was appointed as head of Innovation of Digital Technology Collaborative (Pty) Limited, with the

primary responsibility to development and introducing of groundbreaking solutions for some of

the leading corporate organizations globally. Riaan has published several articles and acted as

guest speaker at numerous conferences on Corporate Governance and innovation.

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Our Team

Mrs Louisa MuparuriA Certified Microsoft Professional, Louisa holds an MSc in Operations Research and a BSc in

Computer Science. She is a guru in: PROGRAMMING ( JAVA, PHP, HTML, C, VISUAL

BASIC, CAL), DATABASES ( SQL SERVER, MS ACCESS, ORACLE),OPERATING

SYSTEMS ( ALL MS WINDOWS PLATFORMS, MS DOS, LINUX),Louisa has developed and

implemented various systems for the following organizations: Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe

(CBZ)Basel II Implementation systems, FBC Bank - Basel II Implementation, Champions

InsuranceSolvency II Implementation, Volkswagen Off board Diagnostics Information System

(ODIS) Implementation for FCM Motors. Navision implementation for 4 business units in the

Caps holdings Group with MRP module implementation in one of these units. CAPS staff clinic

and Human Resources database development, JSI Computerization package for delivering

contraceptives, Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board Stop Order Capturing System- AJava/Oracle-based application for capturing growers' stop orders from creditors to ensure

flexibility in payments/deductions from farmers' earnings. RioZim Online Costing reportsfrom

Syspro. Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board Fax-Email Gateway server-A Fax to email

gateway for sending/receiving faxes electronically to avoid paper and ink wastages through

conventional methods.

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Vision

Our vision is to aggressively grow to be a large but focused

professional IT services firm that in time will be listed on the

Nigerian stock exchange, thereby creating enduring value for our

clients, staff, partners, investors and founders.

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Mission Statement

To help companies optimize and implement integrated seamless

business processes, manage treasury, financial risks and

operational risks efficiently.

To help Banks and Corporates to be compliant to industryregulatory standards and to have clear visibility and insight on

their business.

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Our Values

Customer Service-What we do for our clients we do it

exceptionally well

Our people-We focus on our people more than our profits

Integrity-Upholding the virtue of honesty in our businessconduct

Passion and Talent- We love what we do and we skilled at it.

Collaboration- We believe coming together of great minds

creates miracles

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Services: Treasury & Banking

SAP implementations and upgrades

Transactional Banking ( CML)

Analytical Banking (SAP Bank Analyzer)

SAP Basel II for Banking

SAP Treasury & Risk Management

SAP Cash Management

SAP In-House Cash

SAP Bank Communication IFRS Implementation and Migration to new GL

IFRS Implementation and Migration to New GL

upgrades

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Services: Enterprise Performance

Management Solutions

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

Big Data, Business Intelligence, Analytics

In-memory Computing (SAP HANA) Cloud and Mobile Solutions

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Services: SAP Resourcing

SAP Domain Experts (K1 to K7) (ERP and Industry Solutions)

Solution Architects (ERP,EIM,EPM,and Industry Solutions)

IT resources (Permanent and Contractor / Individuals and Teams)

Programme Managers Project Managers

Project Administrators

Business Analysts

Architects

Test Analysts

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Services: Consulting & Systems

Implementation

Treasury Management

Financial Risk (Market , Credit and Liquidity) & Operational Risk

Basel Diagnostic audit, reviews and gap analysis

Basel II/III Awareness Workshops and Training for Senior Management

Market Risk Modeling & Implementation Operational Risk Modeling & Implementation

Scorecards Modeling & Implementation

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Services: Consulting & Systems

Implementation

Development/Validation of Internal Rating Models and Overall Risk Management

Framework:

Internal Probability of Default Models (Corporate, SMEs, Retail)

Internal Credit Rating Models (Corporate, SMEs, Retail)

Loss Given Default Models (Corporate, SMEs, Retail)

Exposure at Default Models (Corporate, SMEs, Retail)

Market Risk Simulator (VaR Simulator)

Operational Risk Charge (Capital) Model

Portfolio & Bank-wide Expected Loss Model

Risk Weighted Assets Calculator

Tier 1 & 2 Capital/Ratio Calculator

Bank Systems Integration

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Contact us

Pro Space Centre :18A Olu Hol loway (form erly

Temple) Road , Iko yi, Lagos, Nigeria

+234 80 9179 9577

+234 81 0323 1613

[email protected]

www.avantgardenig.com

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