Trevor Gosling
South Africa
Founder
Connect
Expertise
Chartered Accountant (CA(SA))
Investment Banking
Structured Finance
Entrepreneurship
Fintech
E-commerce
Small Business Funding
Business Development
Financial Services
Technology
Leadership
Primary Sector
Lending
1Roles
0Investments
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Biography
Trevor Gosling is a South African Chartered Accountant and entrepreneur, Co-founder & CEO of Lula (formerly Lulalend) since 2014, South Africa's first online automated provider of business funding for SMEs. Previously, he founded 5ounces, a food and wine e-commerce platform in 2012, which was acquired by Naspers within two years. Before entrepreneurship, he worked in investment banking at KPMG, RMB, and Goldman Sachs in London. He comes from a family of entrepreneurs and holds a CA(SA) qualification from the University of Pretoria. Through Lula, he has helped provide over 25,000 loans to South African small businesses, demonstrating his commitment to empowering SME growth.
Education
U
CA(SA) - Chartered Accountant
University of Pretoria
B
Matric
Benoni High School
Languages
English
Awards
- 🏆Accountancy SA Top 35-under-35 Finalists (2015)
- 🏆Innotribe Challenge Finalist (global financial services competition)
