Join the 'Oscars' for South Africa's CFOs

During her keynote address at this year’s CFO Awards, 2022 Golden Globe Race Kirsten Neuschäfer illuminated the parallels between the seemingly disparate worlds of sailing and finance.

Held on the 16th of November at the exclusive Polo Room in Sandton's Inanda Club, the event lived up to its moniker as the “Oscars of Finance”, delivering a spectacular celebration of excellence, innovation, and resilience in the financial sector.

Raisibe Morathi, group CFO at Vodacom, has been named South Africa’s CFO of the Year at the 10th Annual CFO Awards.

View your favourite photos from the 2023 CFO Awards here!

As the sponsor of the Strategy Execution Award, Workday believes in recognising the CFOs who have been able to adapt quickly to see their organisations through tough times.

Comedian Nik Rabinowitz, award-winning band The Soil, the Kopano Jazz Collective and keynote speaker Kirsten Neuschäfer will dazzle guests at the 2023 CFO Awards.

As the sponsor of the Compliance & Governance Award at the 2023 CFO Awards, Ince not only celebrates CFOs who are excelling in this category, but offers the winner an exclusive rhino dehorning experience.

Excited to be part of the CFO Awards again this year, Coupa will be sponsoring the Finance Transformation Award.

Deloitte will be sponsoring the CFO of the Year, Public Sector CFO of the Year and Transformation & Empowerment Award at the 2023 CFO Awards, and looks forward to 10 more years of celebrations.

The Hulamin CFO joins the list of finance leaders competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The Hatch Africa FD joins the list of finance leaders competing for the CFO of the Year title.

Vodacom CFO Raisibe Morathi joins the list of leaders competing for the CFO of the Year title.

Attacq CFO Raj Nana joins the nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The Novus Holdings CFO joins the nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The Afrimat FD joins the nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The Phembani Group CFO joins the nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The African Rainbow Minerals FD joins the nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

Vedanta Zinc’s Pushpender Singla joins other top finance execs competing for the CFO of the Year title.

Webber Wentzel’s Aneshree Naidoo joins the list of CFO of the Year nominees.

Outsurance’s Jan Hofmeyr joins the list of finance executives competing for the CFO of the Year title.

MTN Group’s Tsholofelo Molefe joins the list of finance executives competing for the CFO of the Year title.

Harry Kellan joins the list of finance executives competing for the CFO of the Year title.

Pretty Makukule will be competing for the CFO of the Year and the Public Sector CFO of the Year title.

IDC CFO Isaac Malevu joins the list of leaders competing for the CFO of the Year title.

TransUnion Africa CFO Sharon Naidoo joins the list of leaders competing for the CFO of the Year title.

SAFCOL CFO D’Shorne Human joins the list of leaders competing for the CFO of the Year title.

Stanlib CFO Avashnee Ramdial joins the list of leaders competing for the CFO of the Year title.

Amplats CFO Craig Miller joins the list of leaders competing for the CFO of the Year title.

DHL Express South Africa CFO Craig Henery joins the list of leaders competing for the CFO of the Year title.

Nominations for this year’s CFO Awards will close in just a week – don’t forget to nominate your CFO.

David Hamilton says Coupa was proud to be able to recognise all the incredible work that CFOs are doing.

Nominate the CFO that inspires you most to be recognised at the 2023 CFO Awards.

On 16 November, CFOs were encouraged to be innovative leaders in this new era of disruption.

Finance leaders gathered at the Polo Room at Inanda Club to receive top honours.

On 16 November, the "Oscars of the finance profession" celebrated the winners of the 2022 CFO Awards.

The enterprise cloud services provider has partnered with the CFO Awards again this year.

On 16 November, one of 21 nominees will be crowned the CFO of the Year at the 2022 CFO Awards ceremony.

TreasuryONE CEO Hennie de Klerk unpacks what it takes to be a great Young CFO of the Year.

ACCA is one of the Associate Partners at this year’s CFO Awards, which take place on 16 November.

This year, six CFO Awards nominees are competing for the Young CFO of the Year title.

Nina explains that a great CFO is someone who is able to unlock insights from the data of the entire organisation.

Transparent’s Lourens van Zyl explains that this year’s CFO of the Year will be a strategist and business partner.

Four nominees will be competing for the coveted Public Sector CFO of the Year Award at the 2022 CFO Awards.

With little more than three weeks to go until the 2022 CFO Awards, we reminisce on last year’s winners.

The City of Ekurhuleni group CFO joins the list of nominees competing for the 2022 CFO of the Year title.

The Cell C CFO joins the list of 2022 CFO Awards nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The FEM CFO joins the list of 2022 CFO Awards nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The Lanseria CFO joins the list of 2022 CFO Awards nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The DRDGold CFO joins the list of 2022 CFO Awards nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The PnP CFO joins the list of 2022 CFO Awards nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The Foskor CFO joins the list of 2022 CFO Awards nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The Harmony Gold FD joins the list of 2022 CFO Awards nominees competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The recovery systems company will be sponsoring CFO Day and one of 10 awards at the CFO Awards.

The Development Bank of Southern Africa CFO joins the list of 2022 CFO Awards nominees.

The CSIR CFO joins the list of nominees who will be competing for the prestigious CFO of the Year title.

The Tiger Brands CFO joins the list of nominees who will be competing for the CFO of the Year title.

The Hollard Insurance CFO has been nominated for the Awards a second time.

The “solution finder” CFO joins the list of Awards nominees for his role at Liquid Intelligent Technologies.

Elmarie, who has been redefining the mining industry for women, joins the list of CFO Awards nominees.

The Transaction Capital CFO joins other finance leaders on the list of this year’s CFO Awards nominees.

Thungela Resources CFO Deon Smith has been nominated for the 2022 CFO Awards.

Mr Price Group CFO Mark Stirton joins the list of nominees for the 2022 CFO Awards.

Royal Bafokeng Holdings FD Tinyiko Sihlangu joins the list of 2022 CFO Awards nominees.

Douglasdale Dairy CFO Bradley Wentzel joins the list of 2022 CFO Awards nominees.

The Standard Bank chief finance and value management officer has been nominated for the second time.

Momentum Metropolitan group FD Risto Ketola has been nominated for the CFO Awards for the second time.

The CFO Awards recognise top CFOs for outstanding performance and excellent leadership.

During the 2021 CFO Awards, Dr Adriana Marais explained the importance of resource management.

Eight outstanding CFOs scooped top honours at the stunning gala dinner held at the Inanda Club.

South Africa’s leading finance professionals were celebrated at the spectacular 2021 CFO Awards.

Lauren Wortmann explains that Dimension Data is inspired by CFOs who partner with IT to drive business value.

OneStream’s Pieter van Zyl says it takes a village for any organisation to perform at its best.

Workday’s Kiveshen Moodley explains that CFOs’ adaptability is key to ensuring any organisation’s success.

Accenture’s Dzingira Matenga explains that good compliance and governance can add value to any organisation.

Clive Potter says to recognise a CFO who has the same vision as Standard Bank is a great opportunity.

David Hamilton says it's important for CFOs to keep up with the pace of change globally and regionally.

With the 2021 CFO Awards just around the corner, the judges have cast their votes for this year’s CFO of the Year.

Carolina is the executive director of finance and student administration at the University of Pretoria.

Ockert has been nominated for his work as the CFO of Motus Corporation.

Masilo has been nominated for his work as the CFO of the Department of Public Service and Administration.

Glen has been nominated for his work as the CFO of Sappi Europe South Africa.

Eddie has been nominated for his work as the group CFO of AWK Agriculture.

Craig has been nominated for his work as the CFO of Anglo American Platinum.

Bruce has been nominated for his work as the CFO of Alexander Forbes.

Brent has been nominated for his work as the CFO of Premier Fishing and Brands.

Sheldon has been nominated for his work as the CFO of Fedgroup.

Adriana is the CFO of Telesure, and joins the list of nominees for this year’s awards.

Sherylee has been nominated for her work as the CFO of the Johannesburg Development Agency.

Mark has been nominated for his work as the CFO of AECI.

Bongiwe has been nominated for her work as the CFO of TFG.

CFO South Africa welcomes ACCA’s Pat Semenya to the 2021 CFO Awards judges panel.

Alet has been nominated for her work as the CFO of Northam Platinum.

Mikateko has been nominated for her work as the VP of finance, Africa, at Unilever.

Simon has been nominated for his work as the CFO of Nando’s South Africa.

Sam has been nominated for his work as the CFO of Mars South Africa.

Damian has been nominated for his work as the CFO of Trellidor Holdings.

Bongi has been nominated for her work as the CFO of the Auditor-General of South Africa.

Megan has been nominated for her work as the group FD of EOH.

Sean has been nominated for his work as the group finance officer of Aspen Pharmacare.

Meroonisha has been nominated for her work as the CFO of Impala Platinum.

Dirk has been nominated for his work as the group CFO of Hollard.

Lucas has been nominated for his work as the FD of Distell.

Bothwell has been nominated for the work he has done as the CFO of Kumba Iron Ore.

Futurist Craig Wing shared his views on the impact of emerging technologies on humanity with CFOs.

Five remarkable CFOs scooped top honours at a glittering gala dinner held at the Inanda Club.

Jason Quinn, the group finance director at Absa, has been named South Africa’s CFO of the Year at the 2020 CFO Awards.

The CFO Awards recognise top CFOs for outstanding performance and excellent leadership.

Tsunzukani is an experienced finance executive and has served with Italtile since 2017.

Ted is a finance executive with almost 20 years of developing and emerging market experience.

Rhett has served in various finance roles at King Price since its launch in 2012.

She has served as the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development's COO and now CFO.

Innocent has been nominated for his role as Quality Countil for Trades and Occupations CFO.

Clinix Health Group's Elisa has over 15 years auditing, financial management and reporting experience.

She was nominated for the work she has done as the CFO of Adcorp Holdings.

Narriman is the first female FD of the V&A Waterfront with 20 years of corporate experience.

Ashley has been with the university since 2013 and serves on various boards within UCT.

Norman has worked in a variety of sectors, ranging from banking to hospitality.

Tsholofelo's journey to group CFO of Telkom has been rough, but well worth it.

Mark has been with the Spar Group for more than 24 years, serving in various finance roles.

Dion has been with RH Bophelo for more than three years and is also a senior-lecturer at UJ.