Job Title: CFO
Company: Metcash
Deepa Sita is the group CFO at Metcash. She is also a non-executive director at Datatec.
Deepa is a qualified chartered accountant and has an MBA (Cum Laude) from GIBS. She started her career with Deloitte as a trainee accountant. In 2005, she joined Samsung Electronics as a senior finance manager. Her career then took her to Entyce Beverages, a division of National Brands, as finance and procurement director in 2007. Thereafter, she joined Mondelēz International as finance director responsible for South, Central and East Africa; Israel and Mauritius.
In 2014 she pursued her MBA studies on a full-time basis and then engaged in multiple consulting assignments, as well as lecturing at GIBS.
She joined Masswarehouse division of Massmart as finance director in 2016. In 2018, her portfolio was expanded when she was appointed as finance and commercial director. She has also served as the interim CEO and wholesale chief integration and strategy officer for the Masscash.
Deepa was nominated for the 2022 CFO Awards for her work as the CFO of Tiger Brands, and walked away with the Compliance & Governance Award and the Finance & Technology Award. She left Tiger Brands in December 2023.
Work
2024 - Present, Group CFO, Metcash
2022 - Present, Non-executive Director, Datatec
2020 – 2023 Chief Financial Officer, Tiger Brands
2020 Chief Integration & Strategy Officer, Massmart Wholesale
2019 – 2020 Interim Chief Executive Officer, Masscash Holdings
2018 – 2019 Finance and Commercial Director, Makro South Africa
2019 – 2018 Finance Director, Makro South Africa
2011 – 2013 Finance Director, Mondelēz International South Africa
2007 – 2011 Finance and Procurement Director, Entyce Beverages
2005 – 2007 Senior Finance Manager, Samsung Electronics South Africa
2002 – 2005 Audit Manager, Deloitte South Africa
Education
2014 – 2015 MBA, GIBS Business School
2004 – 2004 CA(SA), SAICA
1998 – 1999 B.Com, Honours, Accounting & Auditing, UJ
1995 – 1997 B.Compt, Accounting & Auditing, Unisa
About Metcash: Metcash Limited is an Australian wholesaler and conglomerate company that distributes food, liquor and hardware.
