CFO Profile: John King | EOH Holdings Ltd

In 2004, John King - current CFO at EOH Holdings Ltd - started his career at EOH as the Executive Director. At the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, he received the title 'CA'.

In march 2008, King became CFO at EOH. King finds that the toughest decisions are often around saying no to business opportunities or to job applicants. "Succes is often not about what you do, but about what you don't do." King says to get very involved with recruitment at EOH, even up to the point where he meets with junior staff and interns. "The EOH culture is difficult to define, but when I meet someone I know if they will fit." For his work as CFO at EOH, King received the High Performance Team Award at the CFO Awards 2014. He has also been nominated for the CFO Awards 2015.

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Nationality: South African
CFO Since: 1 march 2008

Career:
January 2008 - Present: Financial Director Eoh Holdings Ltd
October 2005 - March 2007: Executive Director Eoh Holdings Ltd
January 2004 - October 2005: Executive Director Enterprise Outsourcing Holding

Education:

• University Of The Witwatersrand - BCom, BAcc, CA(SA)

EOH Holdings Ltd
Employees: about 6000
Listed: JSE
Sector: Technology
Industry: Technology Service

Activities:

EOH Holdings Limited provides consulting, technology, and outsourcing solutions in South Africa, Africa, and the United Kingdom. It operates in Infrastructure, Software, and Services segments. The company offers consulting services comprising strategy and operations, information management and analytics, information risk management, process improvement, people change management, program and project management, and PMOs, ICT architecture and optimization, and digital services. It also provides technology services, including enterprise applications, information analytics and big data, information risk management, IT management and optimization, software development and integration, digital, and industrial technologies. In addition, the company offers outsourcing services that consist of transformational outsourcing, managed, and cloud services, as well as business process outsourcing and human capital services. It primarily serves various industries, such as financial services, telecommunications, public sector, mining, retail, utilities, manufacturing and logistics, health, education, construction, and energy. EOH Holdings Limited is headquartered in Bedfordview, South Africa.

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