Making a difference one deal at a time
Regiments has been in the trenches with government and the private sector to help roll out infrastructure and improve people’s lives
FOR 10 years, Regiments has worked behind the scenes, helping the public sector and select nodes of private business provide and manage critical services and infrastructure to improve the lives of all South Africans.
Regiments is no ordinary BBBEE company. It partners with clients from start to finish and beyond if necessary.
The company delivers endto-end solutions, helping its client partners raise capital, manage funds, execute and implement projects as well as invest.
Typically, its projects start with a business case for the public sector and end up in an investment initiative.
Niven Pillay, executive director at Regiments, says: “We’re probably the only player in our competitive set that integrates the full suite of services under the one umbrella.”
The company’s objective is to be “known in this country and the continent as the institution that provides solutions which are sensitive to the social needs of the country, solutions that are innovative, lateral, creative and above all effective.”
Regiments has three distinct divisions: capital markets, real estate and investments. Each division offers unique solutions for the unique partnerships Regiments is involved in.
The Regiments team is made up of a close-knit group of professionals with a deep understanding of how the public sector functions, and how to effectively roll out on infrastructure projects and develop- ment mandates.
Years of institutional knowledge are merged to provide the best possible advice about how best to develop, fund and manage them.
Regiments is made up of bigthinking entrepreneurs with a common purpose: to get the job done efficiently and do so excellently.
Some examples of projects include:
Helping establish a new treasury model for Transnet in 2005;
Helping Airports Company SA with its funding problems in 2006;
Winning the tender to develop the prized Kgoro Gateway in Sandton; and
Recently becoming the financial adviser to PPC in its new BBBEE transaction.
Regiments provides bespoke advisory, financing and investment solutions that help to solve national problems and bring about South Africa’s transformation imperatives.
These imperatives involve the essential elements of development, progress and
Our purpose is about South Africa, our country. It’s about making a difference
accelerated transformation.
The team has extensive experience and understanding of how the public sector works. Over the years, they have developed sensitive insight in how to achieve the best possible solutions for the country’s social and economic objectives.
Importantly, the Regiments team works in close partnership with everyone involved in the projects to ensure that development mandates can best be fulfilled.
The concept of “I am because we are”, is of vital importance to the company.
The company works closely with all its stakeholders to achieve a common goal — a shared vision for our country.
Social responsibility underpins the ethos of the company.
Carla Kruger, head of human resources, says: “Our purpose is about South Africa, our country. It’s about making a difference.”
Executive director Eric Wood adds: “We’re about making a difference, and to us making a difference is helping the South African public sector to effectively roll out their infrastructure plans, which then makes a difference to individuals and to communities as a whole.”
Regiments has extensive experience in providing advisory services from the planning stages of a project as well as while operations progress.
It provides strategic planning, business case development, and assists with developing a funding plan to ensure the project goes ahead.
What is of paramount importance is that the Regiments team is dedicated to ensuring the growth of its partners’ assets. On-balance-sheet development — helping to increase the asset value of the company — is vital.
Critically, these services focus on furthering South Africa’s transformation imperatives.
Pillay says: “The success of Regiments has been premised on, firstly, attempting to solve national problems through the work we do. It’s been premised on building a team that represents the demographic of the country, and it’s premised on training and developing people.”