PPS Investments has announced the appointment of Sumaya Parker as its new CFO, effective July 2025.
PPS Investments has appointed Sumaya Parker as its chief financial officer, effective July 2025.
Sumaya is a chartered accountant who brings more than 20 years of experience across the financial services sector. She has spent her career leading finance teams, managing complex reporting structures and delivering strategic insights that drive business performance. Her appointment comes at a time when PPS Investments is sharpening its long-term vision to better serve South Africa’s graduate professionals.
Sumaya previously served as head of finance at Sanlam Investments: Multi Manager, where she played an integral role in aligning finance operations to business strategy. She oversaw the development of a comprehensive reporting ecosystem that enabled executive decision-making, introduced technology-driven efficiencies across finance processes and guided critical engagements with internal committees, boards and regulatory stakeholders.
Earlier in her career, Sumaya held senior roles across the Sanlam Group, including the corporate finance division. Her professional journey began at PwC, where she completed her articles and led audit engagements for several prominent financial institutions and corporates, including Capitec Bank, Futuregrowth, Sanlam and various pension funds.
Sumaya holds a bachelor of business science from the University of Cape Town and is a qualified chartered accountant through Saica. She further advanced her executive capabilities by completing the management development programme at the University of Stellenbosch Business School.
