Robert Gecelter
About Robert Gecelter
Robert Gecelter is a Senior Transactor in Leverage Finance at Investec Bank Limited, where he has worked since 2020. He has extensive experience in finance, having held various roles at Investec and Grant Thornton, and has a strong educational background in accounting and finance.
Current Role in Leverage Finance
Robert Gecelter currently serves as a Senior Transactor in the Leverage Finance division at Investec Bank Limited. He has held this position since 2020, contributing to the financial services sector in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. His role involves structuring and executing leveraged finance transactions, focusing on unlisted companies following a strategic refocus of the Corporate Leverage Finance team in July 2021.
Previous Experience at Investec
Gecelter has extensive experience at Investec Bank Limited, where he worked for a total of 20 years across various roles. From 2000 to 2016, he was a Senior Transactor in the Power & Infrastructure Finance team, where he led deals in sectors such as Renewable Energy, Telecoms/ICT, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), Leisure, and Transport. He also served in the Credit and Capital Management sector from 2016 to 2020, co-managing AIRB capital management for the Corporate & Institutional Banking division.
Early Career at Grant Thornton
Before joining Investec, Robert Gecelter began his career as a Trainee Accountant at Grant Thornton, where he worked from 1997 to 1999. This early experience provided him with foundational skills in accounting and finance, which he later applied in his roles at Investec.
Education and Professional Qualifications
Gecelter holds a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) and a Bachelor of Accounting (B Acc) from the University of the Witwatersrand, completed between 1992 and 1996. He furthered his education by achieving the CA (SA) designation in 1997 after studying Accounting, Taxation, Management Accounting, and Auditing. Additionally, he studied at the CFA Institute, earning the CFA Charterholder designation from 1999 to 2001, with a focus on Finance and Investment.
Involvement in Credit Committee
Robert Gecelter is a voting member of the CIB Credit Committee at Investec. His participation in this committee underscores his expertise in credit risk assessment and management within the corporate and institutional banking sector.