Job Title: CFO
Company: Western Investments
Abrie Collard is the chief financial officer and director at Western Investment.
In 2019 he founded CFO Insights, of which he was the founder and CFO consultant, director to various client companies for almost eight years. Prior to that he served as the financial director of Namibia Dairies.
Abrie was also a non-executive director at Satcom for almost two years. Before that he was Satcom’s part-time audit and risk committee member for almost two years, and before that was the finance director for almost three years. He was also the general manager of finance administration at Aqua Services and Engineering for a year.
Abrie holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science degree from the University of South Africa
Bachelor of Accounting Science (BCompt), Accounting and Finance
Work:
2024 – Present Chief Financial Officer & Director (Consulting), Western Investment
2019 – Present Founder and CFO Consultant, CFO Insights
2022 – 2024 Director, Namibia Dairies
2022 – 2024 Non-Executive Director, Satcom
2019 - 2022 Finance Director, Satcom
Education:
2005 – 2013 Bachelor of Accounting Science Degree, University of South Africa
2021 - 2022 Management Accounting, ACMA, CGMA
About the company: Western Investments Namibia is a Windhoek-based business that operates a group of companies across the country, including assets in the tourism and mining sectors. The company is currently prominent in local news for being the victim of a massive financial fraud scheme.
