Bruce Bydawell new Alexander Forbes CFO

CFO South Africa 20 March 2019

Alexander Forbes has announced the appointed the appointment of Bruce Bydawell as its new CFO.

Bruce Bydawell will step into the role of chief financial officer and director of Alexander Forbes, replacing Naidene Ford-Hoon, with effect from 1 April.

Bruce, a chartered accountant, has over 25 years’ experience in finance, audit, accounting, taxation, financial reporting, debt structuring and corporate finance, of which more than 16 years have been with the company.

He was previously at Deloitte, Presmed Healthcare and Deutsche Bank.

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