Photo Gallery: 30 July 2026, CFO Pitch Parade, The Venue Green Park, Sandton

CFO South Africa brought finance leaders together over breakfast at Olives and Plates in Sandton for a morning of honest conversations, shared experiences and a few all-too-familiar workplace challenges.

Siphamandla Mthethwa will return to Airports Company South Africa as CEO on 1 November, three years after leaving the organisation where he previously served as CFO.

Bilal Akoojeea has been appointed CFO of Mitsubishi Motors SA. A qualified chartered accountant, he previously served as finance director at 58Fleet and MotorHappy SA, following earlier roles at Deloitte and Lambat & Pochee.

Dis-Chem Group CFO Julia Pope has been nominated for the 2026 CFO Awards. She joined the group in 2017 and was appointed CFO in July 2023.

Can ESG drive bottom-line financial strategy? Nerissa Jalim thinks so. The Sandvik Mining Southern Africa regional CFO reveals how her MBA research is turning sustainability into a non-negotiable priority for finance leaders.

YuLife joins Finance Indaba as a Silver partner, connecting with more than 3,000 finance professionals and industry leaders at a day dedicated to learning, networking and industry insights.