Zimbabwe
COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE:
MASIMBA MUSONI
with Vision Finance since May 2011
Career Experience:
08/2009-current Burbrry Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd., Harare, Zimbabwe; Founding Director of the Company, a mining, minerals processing and minerals trading company with operations in Zimbabwe and Lubumbashi, DRC. Mainly mining chrome and gold in Zimbabwe and smelting copper in the DRC.
07/2005-06/2009: Empire Capital Partners, LLC., New York
Commercial Mortgage finance, with exclusive lending sources. Introduced the trading desk for mainly for debt securities within the mortgage sector.This has been an ongoing position concurrent with the Regal position since both are commission based and structured on independent contractor basis (contact: Adam Marsh –CEO)
08/2004 – 09/2005: Regal Discount Securities, New York (www.eregal.com)
Securities Trader/ New York Correspondent: (contact: Richard Profita – Head, Fixed Income Trading Desk)
10/2003 – 07/2004: A.B. Watley Direct, New York (www.abwatley.com)
Proprietary Securities Trader: (contact: Sanjay Singh – V.P. Trading)
04/2001 – 08/2003: Worldco Capital, LLC, New York
Properietary Securities Trader: (contact: Delland Bartlett – Head Trader)
01/1999 – 03/2001: Ladenburg Thalmann, New York (www.ladenburg.com)
Stockbroker: working with retail clients, managing their assets
(contact: Barry Teitelbaum – V.P. Private Client Services)
10/1997 – 12/1998: Tega International/ M. Musoni Independent Consultant: New York
Real Estate Investments in New York State, specializing in distressed property acquisition, development, management and sales. Client list is available, but some main clients were East Coast Capital (www.eccproperties.com), Landbank LLC.
03/1994 – 08/1997: YTL Corporation Bhd, Kuala Lumpur (www.ytl.com)
Regional Representative for southern Africa, Infra-structure projects (contact: Dato Yeoh Seok Hong –Executive Director, Operations)
1987 - 1994: Cintrateq (Pvt) Ltd., Harare, Zimbabwe.
Founding Director (Operations) of a physical commodities trading company, that mainly exported milk powder from Zimbabwe, working through an Austrian trading company, F.J. Elsner & Co. (www.elsner.at). Cintrateq was formed by my brother Chai and I when I was still in college in 1987 and operated until 1992. The milk powder was exported mainly to the Ivory Coast.
Education:
1987 – 1990: University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe: Bachelor of Science: Applied Chemistry & Chemical Technology
Professional Qualifications:
1992 Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), Cambridge, MA: Certificate in Investment Management and Appraisal.
1999 National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), New York: Securities licenses, series 7, series 63 and series 55
Interests:
Keen sportsman, having represented the country in the Schoolboys rugby, and was awarded colours for soccer and basketball. Enjoys traveling and music, playing the saxophone. Involved in grassroots community development in the mining and agricultural areas by financing/capacitating small scale miners and farmers.
