Author: Georgina Guedes
Articles by Georgina Guedes
11 November 2020
Breaking: Outgoing Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu passes away
Makwetu passed away in hospital of stage 4 lung cancer as he neared the end of his term.
29 September 2020
Workday joins the Finance Indaba Network as a Diamond Partner
The enterprise cloud applications provider will be headlining the Indaba on 15 October.
04 September 2020
Santam CFO Hennie Nel on always chasing change
Hennie says that there’s a huge amount of change and vibrancy in the Santam business.
14 June 2020
Stanlib CFO Avashnee Ramdial gets candid about culture
Avashnee Ramdial has learnt that finance departments don't deliver well if their culture isn't cohesive and collaborative. She explained how she got this right as the CFO of Stanlib, based on a similar process in her prior role at Absa, and how she is keen to share the learnings from the hardships she has faced with other women in finance, in an interview with Georgina Guedes.
21 May 2020
KPMG's Ignatius Sehoole: Rebuilding trust in the audit profession isn't down to the auditors alone
Ignatius Sehoole was appointed as CEO of KPMG South Africa in June last year, and given the challenging task of rebuilding and restoring trust to the Public and the SA business community and the audit profession more broadly as well. Ignatius is tackling the challenge head on, and while there are very specific steps he's taking within KPMG's walls, he believes that public trust in the audit profession must be rebuilt by every individual involved in the financial reporting space.
16 March 2020
Bureau Veritas FD Emilie Bigot: A passion for numbers, business and art in South Africa
The French certification company's South Africa FD says her local team have a "can-do" attitude.
08 November 2019
University of Johannesburg's Nolwazi Mamorare: The power of purpose
During the 2015 #feesmustfall student campaign, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) lost only one academic day to the protest. This was because UJ was ahead of the game in financially supporting its students, owing, in large part, to the efforts of the team lead by Nolwazi Mamorare, who is today the university's CFO. She spoke to Georgina Guedes about the kind of difference that can be made if you have the will to do so.
17 October 2019
Ralph Mupita: What not being a CA taught me
As an engineer, Ralph Mupita believes he brings skills such as pattern recognition into finance.
14 September 2019
Alexander Forbes Group CFO Bruce Bydawell keeping it real
Alexander Forbes Group CFO Bruce Bydawell recently took a sabbatical to spend time working on European farms. As soon as he was appointed CFO on his return, he started planning for his succession by a black South African. He has singular view on his own role as CFO, and on life in general, which he shared with Georgina Guedes.
13 July 2019
Dimension Data CFO Barry Curtin excited by flexibility and autonomy in new executive team
The restructuring will allow for synergies, efficiencies, and the establishment of local group shared services.
29 May 2019
Black Umbrellas: Stories of success in using ESD budgets to grow small businesses
Black Umbrellas' success rate in incubating startups is 50 percent - well above the national average of 10 percent.
27 May 2019
Nampak CFO Glenn Fullerton's remarkable journey to recovery after a cycling accident
"Never say die" is Nampak CFO Glenn Fullerton's approach to life. It served him well when he was told he would never return to work after a debilitating cycling accident in 2013. But this indomitable professional rose again to head up the finances of Africa's largest packaging company. Georgina Guedes chatted to him about how he got there and what he has learnt along the way.
14 December 2018
The finance of fine art - how corporate art collections are valued
Many South African corporates invest in art, but how are these assets accounted for?
20 April 2018
I have something of a rebel in me, says Westfalia Fruit's Bongani Manzi
Bongani Manzi, Westfalia Fruit's GM of Finance, says he has a future CFO role in his sights.
31 January 2018
Christine Ramon
Christine Ramon was chief financial officer of AngloGold Ashanti from 2014 until 2020, when she became CEO.
