Bauba Resources appoints FD Jonathan Knowlden as acting CEO

CFO South Africa 20 August 2021

Jonathan Knowlden has been appointed as the acting CFO of Bauba Resources.

Bauba Resources has announced that its FD, Jonathan Knowlden, will assume the role of acting CEO.

Jonathan, a qualified CA(SA), holds a BCom financial accounting degree and a postgraduate diploma in accounting from the University of Cape Town.

After completing his articles at Deloitte, he served as an associate at The Royal Bank of Scotland in London and group financial reporting manager of the Clicks Group before joining Bauba as FD in December 2016.

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