Paragon’s CEO is a regular guest lecturer to the UCT property studies Masters students to cover alternative lending opportunities and current new trends for financing property developments and investments as part of the MSc Finance module.

Paragon also offers financial assistance in the form of annual prizes to both undergraduate and MSc students for the Property Finance modules.

Undergraduate prize winners are offered job shadow opportunities to work alongside our CEO and the Paragon team for a few days to see what happens in real life!

“This is a really beneficial relationship for our department and the students, to have such willing access and interest from Gary Palmer and the Paragon Finance Team, one which we value and appreciate.” – Kathleen Evans: UCT Convener Property Finance Module (MSc in Property Studies).

Operation Smile is an international children’s medical charity that performs safe, effective cleft lip and cleft palate surgery, and delivers postoperative and ongoing medical therapies to children from low and middle income countries.

Paragon and its executive team believes in making a difference where needed most and have lent their support to this ongoing life changing initiative.

Paragon’s staff is actively involved in serving their immediate and greater communities in contributing their time to the efforts of upliftment projects.

• Serve on the management committee of a local Charity Shop run as a community project with the aim to make a difference in the community and to the lives of those less fortunate.
• Volunteer work at a NPO that aims to empower the desperate and destitute on the streets of Cape Town by reaching out to them.