Kumaran Padayachee has been funding SMEs for the past 23 years and has intimate understanding & expertise in SME financing. He is CEO of Spartan SME Finance (Pty) Ltd, an alternative financier that only focusses on SMEs. Spartan’s niche financing covers Growth Finance, Specialized Asset Finance and Bridging Finance. Kumaran is a co-panellist on both the popular Big Small Business Show and the SME Funding Show on Business Day TV. He has a B.Comm [Accounting] from Rhodes University, is a Certified Expert in SME Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and did a 3-year Entrepreneurial Masters Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT].
He is a Fellow of the sixth class of the Africa Leadership Initiative-South Africa and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Twitter: @KumaranSpartan
LinkedIn: https://za.linkedin.com/in/kumaranpadayachee
Website: www.spartan.co.za