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05 February 2018 Glen Pearce has been Chief Financial Officer since July 2014. 05 February 2018 Glenn Fullerton has been CFO and Executive Director of Nampak since September 2015. 05 February 2018 Gerhard Malan has been Financial Director since November 2008. 05 February 2018 Frans Olivier has been Chief Financial Officer since April 2016. He is on the Board of Kap Industrial Holdings. 05 February 2018 Etienne Prowse has been Financial Director since March 2011. 05 February 2018 Didier Oesch has been Group Financial Director since August 2005. He is also a member of the investment and risk committees. 04 February 2018 Humanitarian agency Mercy Corps is partnering with Mastercard Foundation to push for adoption of technology to benefit Kenyan farmers 04 February 2018 Glenn was appointed to the role of CFO in 2015 04 February 2018 The cloud solution provider will make its third consecutive showing at the event at the Sandton Convention Centre in October 04 February 2018 wiGroup has secured investment from two leading global companies to fast-track its entry into emerging and developed markets. 02 February 2018 KFC Africa CFO Sharon Naidoo is firmly focused on today's agility and tomorrow's leadership. 02 February 2018 Deon Louw has been Financial Director of Pan African Resources since March 2005. He is also an Executive Director. 02 February 2018 Dean Suntup has been Financial Director of Blue Label Telecoms since November 2013. 02 February 2018 In a bid to bring its trading platform closer to clients, A2X has partnered with data centre Teraco. 02 February 2018 Dean has been Chief Financial Officer of Arcelor Mittal since 1 August 2015 until 31 July 2018. 02 February 2018 CEO of Liquid Telecom, Kyle Whitehill, has tendered his resignation. 02 February 2018 Eskom has suspended Sean Maritz, its CIO and former acting CEO. 02 February 2018 David Pfaff has been Chief Financial Officer of Bidcorp since April 2013. 02 February 2018 We scoured our archives to find insights from top executives 01 February 2018 Anglo American will be selling its New Largo coal project to a group of black-controlled companies. 01 February 2018 The esteemed panel of judges of the CFO Awards chatted to the majority of the 2018 nominees during a jam-packed interview week, hosted at the Sandton offices of law firm Webber Wentzel. 01 February 2018 The Port Elizabeth-born executive won the Finance & Technology Award in 2016 31 January 2018 Join CFO SA, CHRO SA, Workday and Magda Wierzycka at the upcoming 'Be the Change' event. 31 January 2018 Daan Ferreira has been Chief Financial Officer of Astral Foods since May 2009. 31 January 2018 Clifford Amoils has been Financial Director at Hudaco Industries Limited since July 2009. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of Elvey Security Technologies. 31 January 2018 Calib Cassim, the Acting CFO of Eskom, has said the power utility cannot commit to nuclear expansion. 30 January 2018 Set goals for yourself and pursue continuous learning, advises Motus CFO Ockert Janse van Rensburg. 30 January 2018 South Africa's Reserve Bank has established a three-man FinTech unit to monitor the impact of new technology developments 30 January 2018 MTN Group has said it returned to profit in 2017, having recovered from its $1 billion Nigerian fine 30 January 2018 Brandon Wood has been the chief financial officer of Italtile since August 2020. 30 January 2018 Bernardt van der Linde has been Financial Director of Curro Holdings since January 2011. He is also an Executive Director of Curro Holdings. 30 January 2018 Antoinette Basson has been Financial Director of SA Corporate Real Estate since February 2011. She is also a member of the Social, Ethics and Environmental Committee and is invited to attend the Audit, Investment and Risk and Compliance Committee meetings. 30 January 2018 Adrian MaCartney has been Executive Financial Director and Chief Financial Officer since September 2014. He is also on the Executive of Aveng (Africa) Pty (Ltd) and Aveng Australia Holdings (Pty) Ltd. 29 January 2018 Pushpender hold a BCom degree from Bikaner University and graduated as a chartered accountant from ICAI in India 29 January 2018 The rigorous interview process for the CFO Awards 2018 kicked off in impressive fashion, with seven two-hour long interviews with SA's best finance leaders. 29 January 2018 Abigail Mukhuba has been the CFO of African Rainbow Minerals since November 2016. She was appointed Financial Director in December 2017. She has also been a non-executive board member and audit committee member of IEMAS Financial Services since March 2014. 28 January 2018 With the launch of its new Polo, VW has completed its R6.1 billion SA investment programme. 28 January 2018 "Do the basics brilliantly. If you do that, you will get most things right," says Andrew McMaster. 26 January 2018 Former Steinhoff CFO Ben la Grange has resigned as non-executive director of Steinhoff Africa Retail. 26 January 2018 Amplats has completed the sale of Union Mine and Masa Chrome for some R400 million. 26 January 2018 PIC has made an equity investment in ZAR X for the Government Employees Pension Fund 25 January 2018 2017 was the best year on record for the continent's tech startups 25 January 2018 Alvin has been Finance Director of Laureate South Africa since 2013. He is also Acting Chief Financial Officer for Monash South Africa. 25 January 2018 Brian Molefe has been ordered to pay back money he received from Eskom's pension fund 25 January 2018 Ajith Haripaul has been Chief Financial Officer at EY since 2007. 24 January 2018 Sasol expects a 6 percent increase in profit for the six months ending 31 December 2017 24 January 2018 We scoured our archives to find out how leading CFOs got into finance 23 January 2018 African investment company Arise has partnered with FMO, the Dutch Development Bank and Above and US-based Beyond Tech (a&b) on a collaborative FinTech initiative 23 January 2018 Standard Bank's Stephen Brickett and Paul Fallon explain IFRS 9 and what it means for CFOs 23 January 2018 Workday's top executive Gonzalo Benedit on success, change and new challenges 23 January 2018 Eskom's suspended CFO Anoj Singh resigned on Monday evening 22 January 2018 This is Tryphosa's second nomination, after she was put forward in 2014 22 January 2018 Magda Wierzycka, Treasury and the Finance Minister have joined forces against state capture 21 January 2018 "Nothing has captured the imagination in this new FinTech age quite like cryptocurrencies, specifically Bitcoin" 19 January 2018 "It's been a hectic few months," says Deloitte's new CFO Africa, Jen McDonald 19 January 2018 Jayendra Naidoo has resigned from the Steinhoff supervisory board to focus on STAR 19 January 2018 The South African Reserve Bank has kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.75 percent 19 January 2018 Risto Ketola, currently chief financial officer of MMI, has been appointed the group's FD 18 January 2018 We scoured our archives to find out how five CFOs approach work-life balance and achieve mental and emotional steadiness 18 January 2018 Wiseman Nkuhlu and Ansie Ramalho are new appointments to the KPMG board 18 January 2018 Indian-born chartered accountant Udayan is a finance professional with 25 years' post-qualification experience 17 January 2018 Finance must be the torch bearers of ethics, says Nkonki's risk advisory boss Emma Mashilwane 17 January 2018 Former Momentum MD Hillie Meyer has replaced Nicolaas Kruger as CEO of MMI 16 January 2018 Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan is once again revolutionising the banking sector with the launch of Bank Zero - a 45% black-owned app-driven bank 16 January 2018 UCT's Tim London shares what he considers four positive outcomes of the Steinhoff scandal 16 January 2018 Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has removed Rabelani Dagada from the mayoral committee for finance 16 January 2018 She is also a director of Kumba Iron Ore 15 January 2018 Bernard Agulhas, CEO of Irba, says the body's investigation in audit firm KPMG is almost complete 13 January 2018 Do you want to keep up to date with the latest developments in finance, but you are short of time? Don't worry. CFO South Africa weekly collects 10 of the most important articles from international media for your convenience. 13 January 2018 A strategic business partner, Joe leads, plans, directs and influences multiple functions within finance in the Africa region 12 January 2018 Get the basics right to see continued success, says Torre Industries CFO Shivan Mansingh 12 January 2018 SARS has said it is looking into the tax implications of transacting in cryptocurrencies 12 January 2018 The World Bank says it anticipates growth in SA's economy this year, and increased investment 12 January 2018 The European Central Bank has sold its Steinhoff bonds at a loss 11 January 2018 Africa Rising Advisory Services has joined Finance Indaba 2018 as a silver partner 11 January 2018 Bidvest Group unit to acquire Cannon Asset Managers for an undisclosed sum 10 January 2018 Here are four ways to prevent going into freefall 10 January 2018 SA saw a 2.4 percent YoY drop in new vehicle sales, though Naamsa believes this will pick up 09 January 2018 Ben la Grange has stepped down as Steinhoff CFO, replaced by acting CFO Philip Dieperink 09 January 2018 Kenya is the most attractive market in Africa for workers in the FinTech industry 09 January 2018 Liaan started in his current role in January 2014, after almost two years at Volvo Trucks 08 January 2018 The CFO Case Study Competition 2018 is ready to go, as is the TV series 06 January 2018 The chartered accountant has 21 years working experience in the retail, air transport, property management and construction industries 05 January 2018 Angela Pillay has been appointed group financial director for the Sasfin board of directors 05 January 2018 Pieter van Buuren has been appointed CFO of construction firm Basil Read 05 January 2018 Casper Troskie has been appointed new FD of Old Mutual Emerging Markets 04 January 2018 Tim delivered a fascinating masterclass entitled Accountability in times of #Guptaleaks - when ethics become a competitive imperative 03 January 2018 We scour our archives to bring you compelling advice from leading executives 03 January 2018 Humaniq has announced the launch of its Android App to enable users in Africa to access to next-generation financial services with facial recognition 02 January 2018 The chartered accountant is currently the Acting CFO for Monash South Africa and Finance Director, Laureate South Africa, and is pursuing a master's degree in international business 01 January 2018 Moody's Investor Services has downgraded Steinhoff's credit rating deeper into junk 01 January 2018 After a bumper 12 months last year, the pace of China's import growth is set to slow 01 January 2018 40 new hotels for Marriott in 2018 will increase its property portfolio to 422 01 January 2018 According to Trialogue, companies in SA invested more than R9 billion in CSI last year 28 December 2017 Rehive has built a flexible, easy to use platform to attract entrepreneurs 28 December 2017 A key element of Mint's strategy is to provide remittance services via its mobile wallet for its customers 27 December 2017 The Competition Commission says ArcelorMittal SA can pay off its R1.5 billion fine in installments 27 December 2017 Steinhoff will restate 2016 financial results and postpone release of 2017 results 27 December 2017 Elvin de Kock has been appointed CFO of Ansys, replacing Burt Lambrecht 27 December 2017 André Koekemoer has been appointed CFO of Capital Drilling 27 December 2017 Manie Mayman has taken over from Cindy Hess as (acting) CFO of Media24 27 December 2017 Rui has been the CFO and an executive director at Dis-Chem Pharmacies since August 2012 27 December 2017 In Sierra Leone, three financial technology start-ups are setting out to test new ideas on contributing to the SDGs through greater financial inclusion 22 December 2017 The BCX founder joins executive directors Dean Sparrow and Anton Gaylard, co-founders of Crossfin 21 December 2017 The industry in Nigeria is being held back by the lack of sound regulation 20 December 2017 New York-based Media Development Investment Fund has acquired the Mail & Guardian 20 December 2017 Standard Bank has announced that Lungisa Fuzile will be its new CEO as of 15 January 2018 20 December 2017 The actions of a few CAs are not a reflection of the entire CA(SA) population, says the AWCA 20 December 2017 Moody's believes that Ramaphosa's win as new ANC president is a good start to fighting junk status 20 December 2017 Mike Brown, Nedbank CEO, has given Cyril Ramaphosa, new ANC president, his full support 20 December 2017 AYO Technology has listed on the Computer Services sector of the main board of the JSE 20 December 2017 Steinhoff's supervisory board has nominated Danie van der Merwe as acting CEO 20 December 2017 This is the long-serving executive's debut nomination 18 December 2017 It is the first move by a bank to outsource the provision of some of its client-facing banking services to a technology platform 18 December 2017 Construction firm Murray & Roberts has increased its stake in Bombela to 50% 18 December 2017 Motus Corporation CFO Ockert Janse van Rensburg is extremely ambitious - literally - having climbed some of the world's highest mountains 17 December 2017 BCX is investing R100 million to grow scarce digital skills in ICT infrastructure and software programming alongside cybersecurity, fintech and artificial intelligence 15 December 2017 Sola David-Borha, African Regions boss at Standard Bank, shares her leadership advice 15 December 2017 Recent uncertainty at EOH, including a huge drop in share price, prompted ex-CEO Asher Bohbot to return 15 December 2017 Fairfax intended to buy a 23 percent stake in PPC for R2 billion, but the deal has fallen throughSappi: Glen Pearce
Nampak: Glenn Fullerton
Rectron: Gerhard Malan
Kap Industrial: Frans Olivier
Cashbuild: Etienne Prowse
Advtech Group: Didier Oesch
Mastercard brings FinTech to Kenyan farmers
Nampak's Glenn Fullerton nominated for CFO Awards 2018
Blackline partners with Finance Indaba 2018
Virgin invests in SA FinTech wiGroup
Yum! KFC's Sharon Naidoo gets strategic - and quickly
Pan African Resources: Deon Louw
Blue Label Telecoms: Dean Suntup
A2X and Teraco announce partnership
Arcelor Mittal South Africa: Dean Subramanian
Liquid Telecom CEO Kyle Whitehill resigns
Eskom suspends its CIO, Sean Maritz
Truworths: David Pfaff
4 hot tips from leading CFOs
Anglo sells its New Largo coal project
A celebration of the power of finance: CFO Awards interviews in full swing
Christine Ramon nominated for CFO Awards 2018
CFOs and HR execs must BE THE CHANGE
Astral Foods: Daan Ferreira
Hudaco Industries: Clifford Amoils
Eskom Acting CFO: Eskom cannot commit to nuclear expansion
Motus CFO Ockert Janse van Rensburg on how to get ahead
Reserve Bank sets up 3-member FinTech unit
MTN profitable again
Brandon Wood
Curro Holdings: Bernardt van der Linde
SA Corporate Real Estate: Antoinette Basson
Aveng: Adrian MaCartney
Vedanta Zinc International's Pushpender Singla nominated for CFO Awards 2018
Raising the bar: interviews nominees CFO Awards 2018 kick off
African Rainbow Minerals: Abigail Mukhuba
VW invests heavily in SA
Meet Andrew McMaster, FD of Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages
Ben la Grange resigns as non-executive director of STAR
Amplats' R400 million sale of Union Mine and Masa Chrome complete
PIC acquires equity in ZAR X
African FinTechs raised a record $195m in 2017
Laureate South Africa: Alvin Liew
Molefe must pay back the money, says High Court
EY: Ajith Haripaul
Sasol's first half profits looking good
Always wanted to work in finance? 5 CFOs spill the beans
Arise launches African financial services platform
IFRS 9 explained
Workday goes SA: top exec Gonzalo Benedit talks shop
Eskom CFO Anoj Singh resigns
PPC's Tryphosa Ramano nominated for CFO Awards 2018
Sygnia CEO stands up to state capture
Financial service group launches Bitcoin trading app in SA
Meet Deloitte's new CFO Africa: Jen McDonald
Jayendra Naidoo resigns from Steinhoff supervisory board
Repo rate remains unchanged at 6.75 percent
MMI CFO Risto Ketola appointed FD
5 CFOs on work-life balance
Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu new chair of KPMG Board
BP's Udayan Sen nominated for CFO Awards 2018
Can ethics be audited?
Hillie Meyer new MMI CEO
Financial services supremo Michael Jordaan launches app-based bank
Assurance in turmoil: four positive outcomes from the Steinhoff scandal
Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba suspends MMC of Finance
IDC's Nonkululeko Dlamini nominated for CFO Awards 2018
Irba investigation into KPMG nearing completion
Finance flash: the TOP-10 articles of week 1-2, 2018
AECOM's Joe Ndala nominated for CFO Awards 2018
Meet Shivan Mansingh, CFO of Torre Industries
SARS investigating cryptocurrency tax implications
World Bank: SA's economy on the up
European Central Bank loses money over Steinhoff
Africa Rising Advisory Services joins Finance Indaba 2018
Bidvest to buy Cannon Asset Managers
4 ways for CFOs to avoid burnout
New vehicle sales down
Steinhoff CFO Ben la Grange steps down
Kenya most lucrative African market for FinTech executives
Jaguar SA's Liaan Kretzschmar nominated for CFO Awards 2018
CFO TV series back on screen
ArcelorMittal SA's Dean Subramanian nominated for CFO Awards 2018
LibFin CFO appointed group FD for Sasfin board
Basil Read appoints new CFO
Casper Troskie swaps Liberty Holdings for Old Mutual
WATCH: UCT's Dr Tim London at Finance Indaba 2017
5 leadership tips from top CFOs
UK FinTech Humaniq launches biometric app in Africa
Monash SA's Alvin Liew nominated for CFO Awards 2018
Steinhoff downgraded deeper into junk status
China import growth to slow in 2018 after bumper 2017
Marriott International to open 40 new luxury properties this year
SA companies invest over R9 billion in CSI in 2016/2017
WATCH: Rehive's Michael Brink at the African FinTech Awards 2017
Dubai's Mint to integrate blockchain into existing tech
ArcelorMittal SA to pay R1.5 billion fine in installments
Steinhoff says it will restate its 2016 financial results
Ansys appoints new CFO
Capital Drilling appoints new CFO
Manie Mayman appointed Media24 acting CFO
Dis-Chem's Rui Morais nominated for CFO Awards 2018
FinTechs spur financial inclusion in Sierra Leone
Isaac Mophatlane joins Crossfin board
FinTech has potential to create 3 million jobs - former Nigerian minister
Mail & Guardian newspaper sold
Standard Bank appoints Lungisa Fuzile new CEO
The AWCA restores credence to the CA(SA) designation
Moody's: Ramaphosa could turn SA around
Nedbank CEO backs Ramaphosa
AYO Technology lists on JSE
Steinhoff trying to fill CEO role
Aspen's Sean Capazorio nominated for CFO Awards 2018
Investec forms groundbreaking partnership with UK FinTech
Murray & Roberts buys another 17% stake in Bombela
I like to set high goals for myself and enjoy the journey to achieve them, says Motus CFO, Ockert Janse van Rensburg
BCX pours R100 million into digital skills development
Be purposeful, says Standard Bank boss, Sola David-Borha
EOH founder Asher Bohbot returns to the firm
Fairfax and PPC deal terminated
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