Meet CFO Awards 2016 nominee Grant Karolus, CFO of Bowman Gilfillan
Grant Karolus | Chief Financial Officer | Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group
Grant Karolus - current CFO of Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group - qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2002. He then started working for Investec as a Group ALCO, where his team coöperated with the Banks ALCO committee. After leaving Investec, Karolus gained quite some experience while serving in finance- and management related positions for Brait and Peregrine Holdings Limited.
In 2011, Karolus became the Chief Financial Officer of Bowman Gilgillan. For his work in this position, he has been nominated for the CFO Awards 2016.
CFO since: July 2011
Career:
2011 - present |
Chief Financial Officer, Bowman Gilfillan |
2008 - 2009 |
Senior Financial Advisor, Peregrine Holdings Limited |
2004 - 2007 |
Group Finance Manager, Brait |
2002 - 2004 |
Group ALCO, Investec |
2000 - 2002 |
Treasury Accountant, International Bank of Southern Africa |
Education:
CA(SA) - The Institute of Chartered of South Africa
Bachelor's Degree, Accounting and Finance - Rand Afrikaans University
Honours, Accounting and Finance - UNISA
About the company:
Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group is a Pan-African law firm. The company provides pecialist legal services in the fields of finance banking law, corporate law and dispute resolution. With over 400 specialised lawyers, working in eight offices spread over six African counties, Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group operates both domestic and cross-border.