Bradley Wattrus returns as CFO of Yoco

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango 08 May 2026

Yoco co-founder Bradley Wattrus will once again take up the role as head of finance.

Yoco co-founder Bradley Wattrus returns to his role as CFO at the South African payments fintech company.

This comes as the company has appointed Carsten Höltkemeyer as CEO. Bradley and fellow co-founder Lungisa Matshoba served as co-CEOs during the transition period when founding CEO Katlego Maphai stepped down in September 2025.

Bradley has been with Yoco for almost 14 years. Prior to that, he was the manager of venture development at Rocket Internet South Africa for four months. He was also a consultant at Monitor Group for almost two years.

Bradley holds a BSc (Hons) in Actuarial Science from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango is the senior writer for CFO South Africa. She grew up in Vryheid, northern KZN; studied journalism at the University of Johannesburg and obtained her honours in 2020. Sinenhlanhla has experience in online and broadcast media. In her spare time she enjoys a good game of cricket, hockey and loves learning different languages.

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