Dear CFO South Africa member, Guest Speaker of the 5th CFO South Africa Event We are honored to announce that the CFO Café guest speaker at the 5th CFO South Africa Event will be Aarti Takoordeen, Chief Financial Officer of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Aarti Takoordeen will speak at the CFO Café which will take place at 18.00, after the CFO Round Tables and CFO Master Classes. Participants of the 5th CFO South Africa Event will benefit not only from Aarti’s business expertise but also from the expert knowledge of specialists from CQS, Oracle and ReadSoft who will share their insights at the CFO Round Tables and CFO Master Classes. 140 Participants Registered for the 5th CFO South Africa Event! The 5th CFO South Africa Event will be buzzing with conversation as distinguished CFOs will be present at the CFO Round Tables from Standard Chartered Bank, Shanduka, Discovery Health, Winhold, Nedbank, Dell, Servest, Mondeléz, Olam, Jasco, AGSA, Metmar, SAMSA, Postbank, Liberty, City of Johannesburg and J Walter Thompson to share ideas, experiences and business cards. At the CFO Master Classes even more influential financial professionals will be present from companies such as Tiger Brands, Aveng Group, Philips South Africa, Heineken, McCormick, Sanlam, Telkom, FOX International Channel, SNG, Graftech, Kellogg’s, ABSA, Comair, SARS, Bentel Associates International, The Jupiter Drawing Room, TBWA South Africa WWF South Africa, SABS, Nissan South Africa, G4S, Johnson and Johnson Medical, Eskom and many more… Free of charge CFO South Africa is here to help you with gaining knowledge, boosting your network and finding career opportunities. Join our events, free of charge, and be part of the leading growing network for financial professionals in South Africa. Not registered yet? The 5th CFO South Africa Event has reached its participant limit and has closed the registration process. If you are still interested in attending, please send an email to Kleo Nikolaidis at [email protected] Aarti Takoordeen, CFO of JSE Enjoying a sundown at the CFO South Africa Café in May CFO South Africa News Read Exclusive CFO South Africa Interviews Alwyn Smith, Group Financial Manager of FPT: What you want to achieve will come in time Werner Barnard, Mondeléz International: People skills make the difference Chris Povall, CFO of Accéntuate Doing more with less CFO South Africa Welcomes New Partner CFO South Africa would like to welcome ReadSoft as the new partner of CFO South Africa. We are looking forward to working with ReadSoft and building a prosperous relationship that will benefit all our CFO South Africa members. You will have the opportunity to meet some of ReadSoft's experts at the 5th CFO South Africa Event on October 3rd at the Saxon Boutique Hotel. Would you like to become a partner of CFO South Africa? We would like to think with you about how we can best match your objectives with those of CFO South Africa. On that basis, we will provide you with a tailor made proposal. Find out general information about opportunities on our Partner Proposal and contact Jurrien Morsch at [email protected] CFO South Africa Partners for the 5th CFO South Africa Event: Do you have any requests, please let us know. Any suggestions or comments are welcome. Kind Regards, Melle Eijckelhoff Director CFO South Africa | [email protected] PS 1. Join the 5th CFO South Africa Event now. Please register here. 2. Follow CFO South Africa on Twitter 3. Your company profile viewed by 3500 finance professionals? Let us interview you! Please contact Jurriën Morsch at [email protected] To control which emails you receive from CFO South Africa, please change your email preferences at cfo.co.za by selecting under settings "I do not want to receive emails from CFO South Africa | Finance Professionals South Africa"
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