Veliswa Rozani appointed executive director and CFO of PPC Africa

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango 07 July 2026

Chartered accountant Veliswa Rozani joins PPC Africa as executive director and chief financial officer, bringing more than two decades of financial leadership experience across multinational and South African businesses.

PPC Africa has announced the appointment of Veliswa Rozani as executive director and chief financial officer.

A chartered accountant , Veliswa brings more than 20 years of senior financial leadership experience spanning multinational corporations and South African organisations.

She currently serves as group CFO of NMI–Durban South Motors, a joint venture partner of Barloworld South Africa.

Prior to this, she was CFO of Barloworld Motor Retail South Africa. Her career also includes senior finance leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft South Africa, following the completion of her articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Veliswa holds an MBA from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango is the senior writer for CFO South Africa. She grew up in Vryheid, northern KZN; studied journalism at the University of Johannesburg and obtained her honours in 2020. Sinenhlanhla has experience in online and broadcast media. In her spare time she enjoys a good game of cricket, hockey and loves learning different languages.

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