Join the 'Oscars' for South Africa's CFOs

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.

Keith chairs the finance and investment committee and working capital committee at Netcare.

Nishlan is an accomplished finance professional who has served with the Investec group since 2000.

Bernardt is an experienced FD with a demonstrated history of working in the education and finance industry.

Rivasha joined Afgri and the agriculture industry in 2017 after a number of years in the food industry.

Nominees share their insights about staying agile and thinking outside the box at the CFO Awards interviews.

Jason has been with Absa for more than 12 years and serves on various committees within the group.

Riaan has served with Exxaro for over 17 years because of his attraction to its constant evolution.

Euan is responsible for keeping the company ahead of regulatory changes and global trends.

Dorette also serves as a member of the financial reporting investigation panel on the JSE.

Along with his role as CFO, Bryan heads up finance, IT, HR, logistics and warehousing, and imports at Verimark.

Xolani believes a CFO and his team should be dynamic to achieve optimal results.

Risto is responsible for business performance, group reporting, balance sheet management and more.

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

These nominees looked back on the months following up to and the night of the 2019 CFO Awards.

CFO South Africa welcomes previous CFO of the Year 2018 winner to the CFO Awards judging panel.

After joining the IDC in 2015, Nonkululeko transformed its long-term planning model and automated its financials.

Arno Daehnke is excited by the innovation that the Standard Bank is seeing on the continent.

City of Tshwane CFO says it was the support of his team that made him grow in his profession.

AfroCentric CFO says the award has also motivated him to share his experiences with younger finance professionals.

Deloitte's Sihlalo Jordan says each of the CFO Awards winners' forward-looking stances is very positive.

Astrophotographer Cory Schmitz illustrated humanity's humble beginnings in the cosmos at the CFO Awards 2019.

Six exceptional CFOs walked away with the finance profession's top honours at a gala dinner in Bryanston.

The MTN CFO also won the Strategy Execution, High-Performance Team, and Finance Transformation Awards.

The votes are in. South Africa's CFO of the Year 2019 will be revealed on 15 May.

Momentum Corporate is sponsoring the High-Performance Team Award at the CFO Awards.

RMB celebrates the success of important decision makers in terms of strategy at CFO Awards.

PwC will be sponsoring the Compliance and Governance Award at this year's annual CFO Awards.

Associate sponsor BlackLine says CFO Awards are a natural fit for BlackLine to align with.

Oracle will be sponsoring the Finance and Technology Award at the CFO Awards this year.

Standard Bank CFO Client Coverage Isaac Malevu: "Africa is our home, we drive her growth"

Workday's sponsorship of the Young CFO of the Year Award recognises exceptional vision and leadership.

The indomitable, inimitable Nik Rabinowitz will once again be emceeing at the annual CFO Awards.

Recipients of the Young CFO Award reflect on their career progression since receiving the accolade.

Unparalleled networking opportunities, entertainment and industry insights keep CFO Awards sponsors coming back for more.

CFO Awards attendees will learn about humanity's beginnings in the cosmos from a leading astrophotographer.

AngloGold Ashanti's Christine Ramon was declared CFO of the Year at the 2018 CFO Awards.

Vodacom CFO Till Streichert won the CFO of the Year Award in 2017.

Woolworths Holdings CFO Reeza Isaacs won the CFO of the Year Award in 2016.

Former Alexander Forbes CFO Deon Viljoen won the CFO of the Year Award in 2015 CFO.

Former Standard Bank CFO Simon Ridley won the CFO of the Year Award at the 2014 CFO Awards.

Awards Judges impressed with the calibre of the nominees interviewed ahead of the 15 May ceremony.

Santam CFO Hennie Nel has been nominated for the CFO Awards 2019.

The IDC's CFO Nonkululeko Dlamini has been nominated for the CFO Awards 2019.

Royal Bafokeng Holdings' CFO Nakedi Ramaphakela has been nominated for the CFO Awards 2019.

Some of the best finance leaders of the country came to the Deloitte headquarters in Woodmead on 21 January 2019 for the first CFO Awards nominee interviews of the year.

Kumba Iron Ore's CFO Bothwell Mazarura has been nominated for the CFO Awards 2019.

Hulisani's CFO Masibulele Dem has been nominated for the CFO Awards 2019.

Absa's financial director Jason Quinn has been nominated for the CFO Awards 2019.

Nampak's CFO Glenn Fullerton has been nominated for the CFO Awards 2019.

The decision by the organisation and the judging panel follows legal action by Transnet.

The firm continues to support finance leaders at the 2019 CFO Awards and CFO SA events.

Phembani Group's executive director of finance Sizwe Nkosi has been nominated for CFO Awards 2019.

African Rainbow Capital's CFO Bridget Radebe has been nominated for the CFO Awards 2019.

CFO South Africa welcomes previous winner Ramasela Ganda to the CFO Awards judging panel.

African Oxygen (Afrox) CFO Matthias Vogt has been nominated for the CFO Awards 2019.

University of Johannesburg CFO Nolwazi Mamorare has been nominated for the CFO Awards 2019.

Dion Mhlaba has been nominated for his role as CFO of black-owned healthcare company RH Bophelo.

Sasol CFO Paul Victor, who implemented cost controls in tough times, nominated for CFO Awards.

AfroCentric Group chief financial officer Hannes Boonzaaier has been nominated for the CFO Awards.

Standard Bank group finance director Arno Daehnke nominated for 'Oscars for South African finance professionals'.

Capitec CFO and global adventurer Andre du Plessis has been nominated for the CFO Awards.

CFO South Africa welcomes Standard Bank CIB's head, Global Client Coverage to the awards panel.

Marble Restaurant hosted the prestigious CFO Awards judges, in preparation for the 2019 ceremony.

Altron's Mteto Nyati says he'll be looking for a demonstrable partnership between finance and business.

The judging panel of the annual CFO Awards received yet another high-quality injection with the addition of Herman Bosman, CEO of RMI and RMB Holdings.

BP's Udayan Sen and Afrisam's Leon Serfontein share their thoughts on the CFO Awards experience.

CFO SA caught up with some of this year's CFO Awards nominees.

CFO SA MD Graham Fehrsen paid a visit to 2018 CFO Award nominee Umar Banda.

CFOs and business leaders from partner firms like Deloitte, PwC, EY, Thomson Reuters and Ansarada showered the 2018 CFO Awards in compliments and rave reviews after the successful gala event on 10 May at Constitution Hill.

Finance heads agree: CFOs and the profession must embody ethical leadership in all that they do.

Social media erupted in a warm outpouring of congratulations after the historic election of AngloGold Ashanti's Christine Ramon as CFO of the Year 2018.

The CFO Awards 2018 panel discussion at Constitutional Hill challenged business leaders to change their mindsets around social regeneration.

Calls for ethical leadership as the first woman CFO takes home the tile of CFO of the Year during the spectacular fifth annual CFO Awards at Johannesburg's Constitution Hill. 

Christine Ramon, chief financial officer of gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti, has been named South Africa's CFO of the Year at the 2018 CFO Awards.

The winners of this year's CFO Awards will be announced tomorrow - know who's who.

This year's finance Oscars are backed by new partners PwC, Workday, Nike and Drayton Glendower.

Claudelle von Eck, CEO of IIA SA, talks about her five years on the CFO Awards judging panel.

Currently CEO of the Motus division, ex-CFO Osman Arbee will take over from Mark Lamberti.

Victor Sekese, CEO of SizweNtsalubaGobodo, shares his thoughts on five years of judging the CFO Awards.

UJ's Ben Marx has judged the CFO Awards for the past five years and reflects on this time.

The young executive has been instrumental in helping the insurance company implement its FinTech strategy and make key acquisitions

Ajith has been the CFO of EY Africa since 2007 and has had a distinguished career that includes stints in senior positions at the Kellogg Company, Megapro Marketing and SABMiller

One of the people behind the creation of the flagship Waterfall City precinct, Melt has been picked to become the company's interim CEO

Nkonki will be the sponsor of the Young CFO of the Year Award at the 2018 CFO Awards. The fast-growing black-owned firm will also partner with CFO South Africa throughout 2018 to help CFOs and finance professionals boost their knowledge, network and career.

Silindile joined the National Treasury in April 2016 from the Auditor-General of South Africa

Rian is part of the exco responsible for determining group and financial strategy.

Glenn was appointed to the role of CFO in 2015

The esteemed panel of judges of the CFO Awards chatted to the majority of the 2018 nominees during a jam-packed interview week, hosted at the Sandton offices of law firm Webber Wentzel.

The Port Elizabeth-born executive won the Finance & Technology Award in 2016

Pushpender hold a BCom degree from Bikaner University and graduated as a chartered accountant from ICAI in India

The rigorous interview process for the CFO Awards 2018 kicked off in impressive fashion, with seven two-hour long interviews with SA's best finance leaders.

This is Tryphosa's second nomination, after she was put forward in 2014

Indian-born chartered accountant Udayan is a finance professional with 25 years' post-qualification experience

She is also a director of Kumba Iron Ore

A strategic business partner, Joe leads, plans, directs and influences multiple functions within finance in the Africa region

Liaan started in his current role in January 2014, after almost two years at Volvo Trucks

The chartered accountant has 21 years working experience in the retail, air transport, property management and construction industries

The chartered accountant is currently the Acting CFO for Monash South Africa and Finance Director, Laureate South Africa, and is pursuing a master's degree in international business

Rui has been the CFO and an executive director at Dis-Chem Pharmacies since August 2012

This is the long-serving executive's debut nomination

Peter has been lauded for his work at the facilities solutions company

Deloitte will be the principal sponsor at the 2018 CFO Awards. The firm will also partner with CFO South Africa throughout 2018 to help CFOs boost their knowledge, network and career.

He has been recognised for his efforts in driving finance transformation, African expansion and systems integration at the pharmaceutical multinational

Wayne has completed a trifecta of nominations, after also receiving recognition in 2017 and 2016

The University of Pretoria graduate has been recognised for his sterling work at the municipality

For the fifth year in a row, Investec has been named the best private bank and wealth manager in South Africa at the Global Private Banking Awards in the UK.

The organisation of the CFO Awards in South Africa, CFO South Africa, has suspended all awards received by Anoj Singh, until further notice. This has happened in close consultation with the current panel of judges.

Earlier this year, Ramasela Ganda won the Public Sector CFO of the Year Award for her incredible accomplishments at Ekurhuleni Municipality. She dedicated the prize to “all public servants that serve us diligently and with honesty” and referred specifically to public sector CFOs who have “lost their lives because they said no to corruption”. Long eschewing a CFO role in the private sector, she left Ekurhuleni at the end of last year and started as CFO: rental and corporate service at Barloworld, which had been courting her for quite a while.

The judges could not choose between EasyEquities and ThisIsMe and so, for the first time in African FinTech Awards history, there was a tie for overall winner at Finance Indaba Africa 2017 on Friday, 13 October, after two days of intense pitching battles.

Three category winners were announced at the end of a first day of pitches at the African FinTech Awards, part of Finance Indaba 2017 at the Sandton Convention Centre on Thursday, 12 October, with a couple of familiar faces dominating once again.

It didn’t take Till Streichert long to turn Vodacom’s finance team into a successful intelligence unit that keeps raising the bar globally. It is thus little wonder the German executive was named South Africa’s 2017 CFO of the Year, also walking away with the Strategy Execution and the Finance Transformation Awards. In this exclusive interview, Till tells us about the successful team transformation. “It was a stunning turnaround and an astonishing achievement for the finance team.”

The annual Guardian of Governance award has been bestowed upon the eight SABC journalists (dubbed the SABC 8) fired for speaking out against the broadcaster's decision to censor protest coverage.

“It has been tricky to get politicians, our people and other stakeholders to understand that we can’t keep throwing capital at our problems. We need to focus on operational efficiencies,” says Transnet CFO, Garry Pita, winner of the Transformation & Empowerment Award at this year’s CFO Awards. Garry took over as Group CFO in February last year, replacing Anoj Singh, who was seconded to Eskom.