Acting managing director of Velon Ltd (www.velon.cc), a company established with the purpose of creating a new economic future for professional road cycling and bringing fans closer to the riders, races and teams
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Auret van Zyl
The founding partner of TMA, Auret van Zyl, has more than 15 years of corporate and business consultancy and project / transaction management experience, with the last 8 years being focused on the sport industry. Auret has expert knowledge and experience in professional cycling.
Furthermore, Auret has more than 20 years of corporate finance and transaction management experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, equity capital market transactions and joint ventures.
Auret has transaction managed and advised on major corporate and financing transactions in the UK, The Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, Hong Kong, South Korea and the US in a broad range of sectors, including sport and entertainment, luxury retail, metals & mining, banking, telecommunications and information technology, real estate, pharmaceuticals and energy.
As the leading partner for TMA in a number of key client mandates, Auret is:
Acting managing director of the Hammer Series
A member of the board and secretary general of Decolef Lux Sàrl, the operating company of the Quick Step Floors professional cycling team
A member of the board of ZB Sports Development Sàrl, the operating company of the Bakala Academy
Independent of TMA, Auret is:
A co-founder and non-executive chairman of Leo Trippi Group (www.leotrippi.com) a specialist travel agency group for the rental of top luxury ski chalets and summer villas (owning and operating the Leo Trippi, Alpine Guru and Villa Guru brands), which has won the World’s Best Ski Travel Agency Award for the last four consecutive years, 2014-2017
A shareholder and director of Dentdelion Sàrl, a market leading specialist ski chalet operator, owning and operating the Bramble Ski (www.brambleski.com) and Haute Montagne (www.hautemontagne.com) brands
Founder of More 2 Life (www.more-2-life.org.uk), a Swiss “Verein” focusing on closely monitored charity projects in South Africa and Poland
A trustee of the Fondation Zdenek et Michaela Bakala
Auret started his career as a corporate lawyer at Allen & Overy in London (2001-2005) and Amsterdam (2000-2001) and at Bowman Gilfillan (1998-2000) in South Africa.