Andre du Plessis
Andre is the co-founder of Capitec and was appointed as its chief financial officer in 2002 after being its financial manager since 2000. Prior to founding Capitec, Andre served as the chief executive of financial management at Boland PKS. Before that he was a partner at Arthur Andersen for 10 years.
He has a B.Com degree and is a qualified CA(SA) with expertise in the areas of business advisory, financial consulting, and strategic and financial management.
In 2019, he was nominated for the 2019 CFO Awards and walked away with the Finance & Technology Award and the Compliance & Governance Award.
Work
2002 – Present Financial Director - Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd
2000 – 2002 Executive Financial Management - Capitec Bank
1996 – 2000 Chief Executive of Financial Management - Boland PKS and NBS Boland Group
1986 – 1996 Partner - Arthur Andersen
Education
1988 CA (SA), SAICA
1982 – 1985 B.Com, Honours, accounting and finance, Rand Afrikaans University
About Capitec Bank: Capitec Bank Holdings Limited was founded in 2001 and through its subsidiary, Capitec Bank Limited, provides retail banking services in South Africa. Its retail banking services include savings, deposits, debit cards and consumer loans to individuals. The company also provides money management services, salary transfers, workplace banking, Internet banking, mobile banking and ATM services. In addition, the company is involved in property holding activities.
Company: Capitec
Job title: CFO
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