Hugh Courtney

CFO & Head of Risk at Zilch

Hugh Courtney is currently the CFO & Head of Risk at Zilch. Prior to this, they were the Founder and CEO of Inyati Limited from October 2017 to March 2019. Inyati Limited is a UK based startup that was founded as a student led Executive MBA project. The company's mission is to overcome the barriers to investing at scale into the World's developing markets by completely redesigning the way they understand and evaluate Micro Enterprise credit.

Before Inyati Limited, Hugh Courtney was the Co-Founder and Director of Nesa Investment Holdings from July 2013 to September 2017. Nesa Investment Holdings is a Venture Capital Company that invests in grid tie roof top solar photo voltaic energy projects in South Africa. The fund attracted investment from high net worth individuals, providing them with strong returns, capital protection and tax benefits. The projects funded by Nesa Investment Holdings promoted access to cheap, reliable power for a range of SMME clients across a number of sectors in South Africa.

Hugh Courtney was responsible for developing the project, designing the investment vehicle, sourcing a suitable technical partner, preparing the private placement memorandum, building an investment pipeline and setting the investment mandate for Nesa Investment Holdings.

They work with Doug Rose - Head of Product, Thomas K Matecki - CTO, and Werner Kruger - Chief Data Officer. Their manager is Philip Belamant, CEO.

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