J. Walter Thompson South Africa: Graham Mears
Graham Mears has been the Group Chief Financial Officer of J. Walter Thompson (JWT) South Africa since December 2014.
Graham Mears has been the CFO for J. Walter Thompson Company South Africa since December 2014. He is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and trained at Deloitte Cape Town. He is responsible for Finance, Legal and Compliance functions across the three JWT operating companies in South Africa: J. Walter Thompson, The Hardy Boys and Mirum, as well as GTB South Africa. Prior to joining J. Walter Thompson, he spent 17 years in London, working for Lehman Brothers and Razorfish/Digitas/LBi as a Product Controller, VP for Finance and as CFO. He has a B.Com from UCT.
Work
2014 – Present Group Chief Financial Officer, JWT South Africa
2012 – 2014 Chief Financial Officer, Razorfish Digitas UK
2011 – 2014 Chief Financial Officer – EMEA, Razorfish Digitas International
2009 – 2011 Vice President of Finance and Operations, Razorfish Europe
2006 – 2008 Finance and Operations Director, Razorfish UK
2005 – 2006 Financial Director, Razorfish UK
2005 – 2005 Forensic Accountant, Clifford Chance LLP
2001 – 2005 Head of Finance, European Technology Consultants
2000 – 2000 Financial Controller, European Technology Consultants
1998 – 2000 Product Controller, Lehman Brothers
1995 – 1998 Senior Accountant, Deloitte
Education
CA (SA)
1990 – 1994 B.Com, PGDA, UCT
About JWT: J. Walter Thompson Johannesburg is the oldest advertising agency in South Their clients include Nokia, Kellogg, Nestle, Ford, Gautrain, De Beers, Loxion Kulca, Surf and Lux.