David is a chartered accountant, having served his articles at Grant Thornton, Johannesburg. He has been active in debt capital markets since 1997, holding employment at both a specialist structured finance organisation and a large local bank.

In 2005 he joined Transaction Capital’s founding shareholders to acquire African Bank’s Commercial Vehicle Finance division (now SA Taxi). Shortly thereafter Transaction Capital was formed, where David established and led the capital markets team for a period of five years, and later served as the CFO of SA Taxi for 18 months. He was appointed to Transaction Capital’s main board as Group Chief Risk Officer in April 2012, thereafter served as the group CFO and in January 2014 was appointed as the group CEO of Transaction Capital Limited.

Mark joined the group in September 2017 and is a director of Transaction Capital Risk Services Australia Holdings Pty Ltd, Recoveries Corporation Group Holdings Pty Ltd and Mason Black Lawyers Pty Ltd.

On arrival in Australia in 1993, Mark joined Macquarie Bank’s M&A team, before founding international BPO services company Speedscan Group in 1997, which he led as CEO until its sale in 2014.  Mark qualified in South Africa as a Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross, before founding strategy consulting firm SMC Monitor South Africa.

David McAlpin is the Chief Executive Officer of PIC Solutions and has been the Chief Executive Officer of Risk Services Division at Transaction Capital Limited since October 01, 2014. David serves as an Executive Director of PIC Solutions. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Principa Decisions at Transaction Capital Limited until October 01, 2014. He has over 15 years’ experience both in South Africa and international retail. Mr. McAlpin is involved in the strategic and operational aspects of the business. He served as the Chief Executive of Forza Group Limited for four years. He held various senior positions within the Massmart Group Limited and the Wooltru Group Limited.

During David’s 7 years with the Massmart Group, where he served as Commercial Director and was responsible for IT and Systems Management and Managing Director of Dions Stores. He served as Managing Director of CNA for 3 years, where he was responsible for the turnaround and repositioning of the CNA. He has extensive international and local business experience and held senior executive positions Lewis Group. He served as an Executive Director of Lewis Stores Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of Lewis Group Limited since October 2005. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (A.C.M.A.). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Rhods University and an MBA from the University of Cape Town.

Leon has practiced as a Litigation Lawyer for 48 years and is one of the founders of recoveriescorp. He commenced the forerunner of Mason Black Lawyers in Victoria in 1991 and then in 2002, incorporated Mason Black Lawyers in New South Wales.  As a Solicitor Director of Mason Black Lawyers, Leon’s role includes client relationship management, business development, the mentoring of staff and advising the Board on matters of compliance, governance and strategy.

Positions, Committees and Memberships: Executive Director/Solicitor Director, Audit and Risk Committee Member, Remuneration and Capabilities Committee Member, Chairman Compliance Committee.