Brendon Versfeld
Co-founder · CA(SA)B.Bus.Sci and PGDA, UCT
Fractional CFO · AI implementation
brendon@lucidumfin.com
linkedin.com/in/brendon-versfeld
Chartered Accountant and former COO who builds working AI tools, and the finance functions to go with them. More than 15 years where finance meets operations: finance director across South and East Africa, COO of a R4bn+ property portfolio, and process automation at a global IT business.
13+developments delivered
R4bn+portfolio run as COO
2×gross asset value in five years
4AI field tools since Aug 2026
2026 – now
Co-founder and Director, LucidumFinance lead for a UK technology company. Leads Lucidum Intelligence programmes, including four AI field tools for an agricultural non-profit.
2025 – 2026
COO, TrueProp200 staff. R4bn+ portfolio, 100+ properties and 500+ commercial tenancies across three regions.
2024 – 2025
Financial Consultant, FP&A change, CDW UK & InternationalContractor programme saving about 15%; approvals cut from weeks to days.
2017 – 2023
COO, Austen Dundas PropertiesNew-build developments that doubled gross asset value in five years.
2017 – 2021
Board member, later Chair, HouseMEProptech rental platform: strategy, budgets, KPIs.
2014 – 2016
Financial Director, Retail AfricaSouth Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania. Investment cases, senior debt, acquisitions.
2011 – 2014
Corporate Finance Manager, Grant ThorntonM&A, valuations, due diligence, financial models.