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02 October 2018 Avashnee Ramdial has been appointed as chief financial officer at STANLIB, effective 1 October. 28 September 2018 The Afrikaans Language and Culture Association appointed Tommy Truscott as its new CFO in July. 27 September 2018 Australian Nauru Airlines has appointed South African Mariette Ebersohn as its new CFO. 26 September 2018 ArcelorMittal South Africa has appointed Avinash Desmond Maharaj as its new CFO. 21 September 2018 Toro Gold has announced the appointment of Martin Page with effect from 8 October. 19 September 2018 South African finance professional Petra Botha has been appointed CFO of Bethesda-based Indiggo Associates. 18 September 2018 Lindt & Sprüngli CFO Sandro Weber has moved from the South African division to São Paulo. 17 September 2018 Brooks Mparutsa has been appointed as CFO of Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB). 06 September 2018 Naahied Gamieldien has been appointed as the acting CEO of AYO Technologies with immediate effect. 06 September 2018 Basil Read Limited has announced the resignation of Pieter van Buuren with effect from 21 September. 04 September 2018 Nichola Dewar, ex South African Post Office CFO, joined A2Pay as of 1 September. 03 September 2018 Anders Kristiansson has been appointed as Flour Mills' of Nigeria Plc CFO. 29 August 2018 10X Investments has announced the appointment of Tim Merryweather as their new CFO as of 15 August. 28 August 2018 Lenny Govender has been appointed as the Macsteel Services Centres SA Group CFO. 27 August 2018 Zwelithini Vilakazi has been appointed as CFO of BCX after the resignation of Refilwe Nkabinde. 23 August 2018 Euan McNeil has been appointed as CFO at Flight Centre Travel Group with effect from September 2018. 20 August 2018 Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc has appointed Katie Murray as the interim CFO. 20 August 2018 Ex ArcelorMittal CFO, Dean Subramanian, has been appointed as the new Rand Refinery CFO. 17 August 2018 David Pfaff has been appointed as COO of Truworths International along with his current role as CFO. 17 August 2018 Compensation Fund has appointed John-Ross Thando as their new CFO with effect from August. 14 August 2018 Retail Pharmacy International has appointed Wayne Beifus as their new CFO with immediate effect. 13 August 2018 Debbie Ransby, former finance director of Takeda, has been appointed as its managing director. 10 August 2018 SARS has announced the appointment of Johnstone Makhubu as their permanent CFO. 06 August 2018 Bongiwe Ntuli will be taking over from Anthony Thunstrom as CFO of TFG from 3 September. 31 July 2018 Hanré Rossouw has been appointed as the new CFO and executive director of Royal Bafokeng Platinum from 1 October 2018. 24 July 2018 Attacq has announced the appointment of Melt Hamman as permanent CEO and Raj Nana as CFO. 24 July 2018 Dushnisky replaces outgoing CEO and executive director Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan. 13 July 2018 Kobus Roesch has been appointed as the new Standard Bank CFO of Investment Banking, with effect from 1 June 2018. 13 July 2018 Standard Bank appointed Sibusiso Xaba as the new CFO of Transactional Products and Services on 1 June 2018. 12 July 2018 Merafe Resources has announced the appointment Ditabe Chocho to fill the role of FD when Kajal Bissessor leaves in August. 06 July 2018 Alvin Liew has announced his resignation as CFO of Monash South Africa, with effect from August this year. 05 July 2018 Claire Coward was appointed as the new CFO of Peregrine Holdings on 1 June 2018. 04 July 2018 Mobasheer Patel will be the new CFO of Media24 with effect from 1 September 2018. 28 June 2018 SAA's former acting CEO Musa Zwane and CFO Phumeza Nhantsi have been fired after being suspended in March. 28 June 2018 Impala Platinum (Implats) has appointed Meroonisha Kerber after the resignation of Brenda Berlin. 27 June 2018 The South African Broadcasting Corporation has announced the appointment of Yolande van Biljon as their new CFO with effect from 25 June 2018. 27 June 2018 Tsholofelo Molefe is the new CFO at Telkom. She officially starts in the role on 1 July, taking over from Telkom veteran executive Deon Fredericks, who moves into the newly created role of chief investment officer. 20 June 2018 Concor recently appointed their Senior Executive in the Group Executive Committee, Fikile Mhlontlo, as the acting Group CFO. 31 May 2018 Evan Tsatsarolakis announces his resignation as the CFO of Taste Holdings. 30 May 2018 Tyrone Soondarjee will be retiring as the CFO of Cell C at the end of this month. 21 May 2018 Mohammed Mahomedy has been appointed as the Interim Group CFO of Transnet. 15 May 2018 Paul Marten, previously Microsoft South Africa FP&A Director, has taken up the same role in Canada. 09 May 2018 Dean Subramanian, CFO of ArcelorMittal, has resigned to pursue an opportunity outside of the company. 07 May 2018 Bruce Atkinson, CFO of Esor, has tendered his resignation. 02 May 2018 Martin Prinsloo, CFO of Royal Bafokeng Platinum, has tendered his resignation. 30 April 2018 Naresh Tulsie has been appointed Fais Ombud, replacing outgoing Ombud Noluntu Bam. 26 April 2018 Thabo Phokane has taken over from Peter Walsh as CFO of Servest. 20 April 2018 Boitumelo Mosako took the reins as CFO of BDSA on 1 April. 19 April 2018 Christiaan Engelbrecht took up the role of FD of Rectron on 16 April. 16 April 2018 Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan, CEO of AngloGold Ashanti, has tendered his resignation. 13 April 2018 Dineo Molefe has been named the new MD of T-Systems' South African operations. 10 April 2018 Waseem Carrim is one of South Africa's youngest CEOs, having been promoted recently from CFO. 06 April 2018 Marius Bosman, Shoprite Holdings CFO, has announced he will be retiring at the beginning of July. 14 March 2018 TFG CEO Doug Murray has retired, replaced by the company CFO, Anthony Thunström. 07 March 2018 Werner Engelbrecht has been appointed interim GM of Kyocera, replacing Wayne Holborn. 06 March 2018 Phillip Matthee will soon be taking over from Ronel van Dijk as FD of Spur Corporation. 02 March 2018 MultiChoice Africa CEO Tim Jacobs has joined Altron as its acting Group CFO. 28 February 2018 Mary Vilakazi, previously deputy CEO of MMI, is the new group COO and executive director of FirstRand 27 February 2018 Mark Steyn to replace Peter Meijer as Bidvest Group CFO 20 February 2018 Liberty Holdings has appointed Yuresh Maharaj CA(SA) as its new Group Financial Director. 14 February 2018 Interim CEO Johan Claassen has been appointed permanent CEO of cement maker PPC. 14 February 2018 Netcare chairman Meyer Kahn has stepped down after 17 years, replaced by Thevendrie Brewer. 12 February 2018 Ayanda Mafuleka was recently appointed as CFO of African Exploration, Mining and Finance Corporation (AEMFC). 09 February 2018 Atlatsa Resources has appointed Shireen Stow as interim CFO, succeeding Reinhardt van Wyk. 08 February 2018 Rivasha Maharaj has been appointed CFO of AFGRI, taking over from Johan Geel. 07 February 2018 Dumisani Dlamini has left the National Arts Council to instead take up the role as SANParks CFO. 19 January 2018 Risto Ketola, currently chief financial officer of MMI, has been appointed the group's FD 18 January 2018 Wiseman Nkuhlu and Ansie Ramalho are new appointments to the KPMG board 17 January 2018 Former Momentum MD Hillie Meyer has replaced Nicolaas Kruger as CEO of MMI 05 January 2018 Angela Pillay has been appointed group financial director for the Sasfin board of directors 05 January 2018 Pieter van Buuren has been appointed CFO of construction firm Basil Read 05 January 2018 Casper Troskie has been appointed new FD of Old Mutual Emerging Markets 27 December 2017 Elvin de Kock has been appointed CFO of Ansys, replacing Burt Lambrecht 27 December 2017 André Koekemoer has been appointed CFO of Capital Drilling 27 December 2017 Manie Mayman has taken over from Cindy Hess as (acting) CFO of Media24 15 December 2017 Recent uncertainty at EOH, including a huge drop in share price, prompted ex-CEO Asher Bohbot to return 11 December 2017 Verster takes over from Wim de Klerk, who recently announced that he would be retiring in January 2018 06 December 2017 Alex Smith, Altron CFO, will be leaving his role end February 2018, to instead fill the CFO role at Net1 UEPS Technologies 04 December 2017 The recently appointed public sector CFO is also the winner of the 2017 BWA award in the Government category 01 December 2017 Coal of Africa has replaced CFO De Wet Schutte with Brenda Berlin, Impala Platinum Holdings CFO 30 November 2017 The two retail businesses will also be merged into one, reporting into MMI deputy group CEO, Mary Vilakazi (pictured) 29 November 2017 As of 1 December 2017, Makwana takes over from Gavin Dalgleish as Illovo Sugar South Africa chairman of the Board 27 November 2017 South African born and educated William Etzine recently joined Trump Hotels to head up their finance department 24 November 2017 Prof Woolard is the first woman to lead the university's faculty of economic and management sciences 24 November 2017 Pieter van Buuren has resigned as York Timber CFO, with Gerald Stoltz filling the position in an acting capacity 23 November 2017 As of end February, 2018 Berlin will no longer head up Impala Platinum's finance division 22 November 2017 Kentin Welgemoed has been appointed CEO of JSE-listed Spanjaard 20 November 2017 Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has named Joubert a director of the company, effective immediately. 17 November 2017 Naspers has announced that it has appointed Calvo Mawela as the new CEO of Multichoice South Africa 17 November 2017 Bytes Document Solutions (BDS) has appointed Vivek Venkatkumar CA(SA) as its new financial director. 16 November 2017 Law firm Bowmans has appointed the highly experienced Jo-Ann Pohl as CFO. 11 November 2017 Chinese vehicle manufacturer, Beijing Automotive Group South Africa (BAIC SA) has appointed Batandwa Mdyesha (pictured) as CFO, effective immediately. 09 November 2017 Globetrotting head of finance Wayne Beifus has left his position at British American Tobacco (BAT) South Africa, after being promoted to head of finance for the West Europe area, based in Paris. 07 November 2017 Lushen Pather has been appointed as Divisional Head: Bank Supervision at the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), starting on 1 January 2018. He was Sasfin’s chief financial officer and as acting group FD was slated to take over the reins from his long-serving predecessor Tyrone Soondarjee. 06 November 2017 Former KPMG chairman Ahmed Jaffer, who resigned amidst the Gupta-linked upheaval at the firm, has been appointed as group CFO of Crestar Printers and Publishers, a Centurion-based business run by his children Ikraam and Salahhuddeen. 01 November 2017 Insurance group Alexander Forbes has named Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita, former ArcelorMittal SA CEO, as the new chairperson of its board. She is the first woman chair in the company’s 82-year existence. 30 October 2017 The Department of Public Enterprises recently announced two executive-level appointments at state arms company Denel: Odwa Mhlwana as the new group CFO and Zwelakhe Ntshepe (pictured) as the new group CEO. 26 October 2017 Agricultural products and services provider NWK has appointed Pieter Kleingeld as its new CFO, effective 1 November. Kleingeld joined NWK in 2015 as group manager for asset management and risk services. 24 October 2017 JSE-listed Rolfes, a chemical group, has announced that its current acting CFO Richard Buttle (pictured) will replace current but outgoing CEO, Lizette Lynch. 23 October 2017 Frantz Scheepers has been appointed the new CFO of Clover Industries, replacing 2017 CFO Awards nominee, Elton Bosch (pictured). 10 October 2017 Nhlamu Dlomu (pictured), KPMG South Africa’s new CEO, has announced an incoming executive team which she says will support her in “restoring public trust and rebuilding the firm”. 09 October 2017 Izak Van der Walt took over as CFO and executive director of JSE-listed mining company Wescoal on 1 September, replacing Bothwell Mazarura, who left to pursue a role as FD at Kumba Iron Ore. 06 October 2017 MiX Telematics has appointed Fundiswa Roji-Maplanka CA(SA) as an independent non-executive director and a member of the audit and risk committee and of the social and ethics committee, effective 3 October 2017. 12 September 2017 Sim Tshabalala (pictured) has been appointed the sole CEO of Standard Bank Group, bringing to an end the dual role he shared with Ben Kruger. The appointment also makes Tshabalala the first black person to lead Africa’s largest lender independently. 29 August 2017 BP Southern Africa (BPSA) has appointed its first black female, Priscillah Mabelane, to the role of CEO. Mabelane, a CA, takes over from outgoing CEO, Daniel Odogwu, on 1 September – six years after joining the organisation as CFO in 2011. 28 August 2017 A Cabinet statement recently announced the appointment of two new executives to Broadband Infraco: Ian van Niekerk as CFO and Andrew Matseke (pictured) as CEO. 22 August 2017 Mobile operator Cell C has appointed two new board members: Larry Nestadt (pictured) and Kuben Pillay. Nestadt, a co-founder and former director of Investec Bank, will serve as non-executive deputy chairman, while Pillay will replace Mohammed Hariri as non-executive chairman. 16 August 2017 4 Africa Exchange (4AX) has announced two new executive appointments to its management team, namely Lindiwe Ndlela (pictured) as chief financial officer and Anthony van Eden as chief operating officer. 13 August 2017 Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa has announced that it has appointed Rakesh Parbhoo as the new CEO of WestconGroup SA. Parbhoo joins the company after an almost two-decades-long tenure at Dimension Data, most recently holding the role of chief information officer for Dimension Data Middle East & Africa. 08 August 2017 Anton van Heerden is leaving his role at Sage Africa and Middle East, to be replaced by Pieter Bensch (pictured), who will be taking over as MD and executive VP of the region. 04 August 2017 South African Airways (SAA) has appointed Vuyani Jarana, Vodacom Business CEO, as its new CEO. Jarana has been with Vodacom since 2012 and will join the airline as soon as Vodacom releases him from his duties. Jurana is the airline’s first permanent CEO since November 2015. 03 August 2017 American International Group Inc (AIG), a leading global insurance organisation, has promoted Senele Mbatha to the role of chief financial officer. 01 August 2017 Brian Egan (pictured), Dangote Cement Group chief financial officer, has been appointed as the executive director, finance. According to the company, his promotion follows the “significant contribution he has made to the group”. 31 July 2017 Cisco has appointed David Meads (pictured) as the new Vice President of its Middle East and Africa operations. Meads, in this newly created role, will oversee the execution of the company’s strategy in these two regions, ensuring the technology leader maintains its momentum at the forefront of digital transformation efforts. 26 July 2017 The SABC has appointed an interim CEO and an interim CFO: Nomsa Philiso and Thabile Dlamini have been appointed acting CEO and CFO respectively. This, following the recent resignation of James Aguma (pictured), who had served in both these executive roles. 24 July 2017 Hansal International recently launched its expansion into South Africa, Ghana and Kenya, simultaneously announcing that it has appointed Jo-Ann Pohl (pictured) as the company’s Chairperson for Africa. Jo is currently a consultant at property investment fund, Texton, a role she took up in May this year. 23 July 2017 Following a call for nominations and elections for the first Africa regional board under the Association, Badibanga Promesse (pictured), regional VP Africa for CIMA, has announced that the following people have accepted their election and appointment to the new Africa regional board: 22 July 2017 Ned Segal (pictured), who spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs Group, has been named the new chief financial officer of Twitter. The 43-year-old former banker, currently a senior vice president of finance at Intuit Inc., will take over the CFO role from Anthony Noto (who will remain chief operating officer) from September. 20 July 2017 German-based software giant SAP has appointed 25-year veteran Claas Kuehnemann (pictured) as acting managing director for Africa. This following allegations that the company's South African subsidiary paid a Gupta front R100 million in kickbacks for it to access lucrative state contracts. SAP has initiated an independent investigation into the matter, placing its SAP SA management team on administrative leave while the review is underway. 19 July 2017 Former CFO Awards nominee Matone Ditlhake has left his role in finance at Groupe SEB to fill the CEO role at Optic Comm Networks, a company partly owned by The Wired Corp.Avashnee Ramdial new CFO at STANLIB
Tommy Truscott serving as new ATKV CFO
Mariette Ebersohn new Nauru Airlines CFO
Avinash Desmond Maharaj new ArcelorMittal SA CFO
Martin Page new Toro Gold CFO
SA's Petra Botha now CFO of US-based Indiggo Associates
Lindt CFO Sandro Weber moves to Brazil
Brooks Mparutsa joins Standard Bank as CIB CFO
AYO Technology appoints acting CEO
Pieter van Buuren resigns as Basil Read CFO
Nichola Dewar takes up the role of FD of A2Pay
Flour Mills, Nigeria Plc, appoints Anders Kristiansson as chief financial officer
Tim Merryweather joining 10X Investments as CFO
Macsteel Service Centres SA appoints new Group CFO
Zwelithini Vilakazi appointed as BCX new CFO
Flight Centre Travel Group SA appoints new CFO, Euan McNeil
Former Old Mutual exec standing in as CFO for top UK bank
Dean Subramanian appointed as Rand Refinery CFO
Truworths CFO David Pfaff takes on COO role as well
John-Ross Thando is Compensation Fund's new CFO
Wayne Beifus new Retail Pharmacy International CFO
Debbie Ransby promoted to managing director of Takeda
SARS appoints Johnstone Makhubu as permanent CFO
Bongiwe Ntuli to join TFG as CFO
Royal Bafokeng Platinum appoints new CFO, Hanré Rossouw
Attacq appoints CFO Melt Hamman as permanent CEO
Kelvin Dushnisky new AngloGold Ashanti CEO
Standard Bank appoints new CFO of Investment Banking
Sibusiso Xaba appointed as CFO of TPS at Standard Bank
Ditabe Chocho appointed as the new FD of Merafe Resources
CFO Alvin Liew resigns from Monash South Africa
Peregrine Holdings appoints new CFO, Claire Coward
Media24 appoints Mobasheer Patel as CFO
SAA fires Musa Zwane and Phumeza Nhantsi
Implats appoints Meroonisha Kerber as new CFO
SABC appoints Yolande van Biljon as new CFO
Tsholofelo Molefe replaces Deon Fredericks as Telkom CFO
Fikile Mhlontlo serving as Concor acting Group CFO
Taste Holdings CFO Evan Tsatsarolakis resigns
Cell C CFO Tyrone Soondarjee to retire
Mohammed Mahomedy new Transnet Interim CFO
Paul Marten to move to Microsoft Canada
ArcelorMittal's Dean Subramanian resigns from ArcelorMittal
Esor CFO Bruce Atkinson resigns
Royal Bafokeng Platinum CFO resigns
Naresh Tulsie new Fais Ombud
Thabo Phokane appointed as Servest CFO
DBSA appoints Boitumelo Mosako as CFO
Christiaan Engelbrecht takes over as Rectron FD
AngloGold Ashanti CEO resigns
Dineo Molefe, T-Systems CFO, promoted to MD
NYDA CFO Waseem Carrim now CEO
Shoprite CFO Marius Bosman retires, Anton de Bruyn takes over
TFG CFO Anthony Thunström now CEO
Werner Engelbrecht, CFO of Kyocera, appointed interim GM
Phillip Matthee new Spur FD
Tim Jacobs appointed Altron acting Group CFO
Mary Vilakazi appointed group COO of FirstRand
Mark Steyn new Bidvest Group CFO
Yuresh Maharaj new Liberty Holdings Group FD
Johan Claassen appointed PPC permanent CEO
CA(SA) Thevendrie Brewer new Netcare chairman
Ayanda Mafuleka new CFO of AEMFC
Shireen Stow appointed Atlatsa Resources interim CFO
Rivasha Maharaj new AFGRI CFO
CFO-Award-winning Dumisani Dlamini now CFO of SANParks
MMI CFO Risto Ketola appointed FD
Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu new chair of KPMG Board
Hillie Meyer new MMI CEO
LibFin CFO appointed group FD for Sasfin board
Basil Read appoints new CFO
Casper Troskie swaps Liberty Holdings for Old Mutual
Ansys appoints new CFO
Capital Drilling appoints new CFO
Manie Mayman appointed Media24 acting CFO
EOH founder Asher Bohbot returns to the firm
ArcelorMittal South Africa appoints Kobus Verster as CEO
Altron CFO leaves to join Net1
Only do that which you can answer for, says Xoliswa Hlongwane, Ushaka CFO
Brenda Berlin new Coal of Africa CFO
Khanyi Nzukuma resigns as Momentum Retail CEO
Mpho Makwana appointed Illovo SA Board chair
Former Sun City CFO joins Trump Hotels as VP Finance
Stellenbosch appoints Ingrid Woolard as dean of economics
York Timber CFO resigns, acting CFO appointed
Brenda Berlin, Implats CFO, to step down
Spanjaard welcomes new CEO
South African CFO Tracey Joubert enjoys success abroad
Calvo Mawela new Multichoice CEO
Vivek Venkatkumar new BDS FD
Jo-Ann Pohl new Bowmans CFO
Batandwa Mdyesha new BAIC SA CFO
Wayne Beifus new BAT head of finance for Western Europe
Sasfin CFO Lushen Pather accepts new job at Reserve Bank
Former KPMG chairman Ahmed Jaffer joins family firm as CFO
First female chair of Alex Forbes board: Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita
Denel gets new CFO and CEO
Pieter Kleingeld appointed new NWK CFO
Rolfes CFO, Richard Buttle, new CEO
Frantz Scheepers replaces Elton Bosch as Clover CFO
KPMG SA announces new exec team
Izak Van der Walt new Wescoal CFO
Fundiswa Roji-Maplanka joins MiX Telematics board
Sim Tshabalala sole Standard Bank CEO
BP promotes CFO Priscillah Mabelane to CEO
Ian van Niekerk new CFO, Andrew Matseke new CEO, of Broadband Infraco
Kuben Pillay & Larry Nestadt join Cell C board
Lindiwe Ndlela new 4AX CFO
Rakesh Parbhoo new CEO of WestconGroup SA
Pieter Bensch new MD and executive VP of Sage Africa and Middle East
SAA appoints Vuyani Jarana new CEO
Senele Mbatha new AIG Africa CFO
Dangote Cement CFO Brain Egan made executive director
David Meads new Cisco VP for Middle East and Africa
New acting CEO and CFO of SABC appointed
Jo-Ann Pohl new Chairperson for Africa at Hansal International
CIMA announces new Africa regional board
Ned Segal named new Twitter CFO
Claas Kuehnemann appointed SAP SA acting MD
Matone Ditlhake new CEO of Optic Comm Networks
