Job Title: CFO
Company: M&C Saatchi Group
Graham Mears was appointed CFO and made a partner of M&C Saatchi in 2019. Prior to this he was CFO at J. Walter Thompson Company South Africa for five years. He is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and trained at Deloitte Cape Town. Before joining J. Walter Thompson, he spent 17 years in London, working for Lehman Brothers and Razorfish/Digitas/LBi as a Product Controller, VP for Finance and as CFO. He has a B.Com from UCT.
Work
2019 - Present Chief Financial Officer Partner, M&C Saatchi Group
2014 – 2019 Group Chief Financial Officer, JWT South Africa
2012 – 2014 Chief Financial Officer, Razorfish Digitas UK
2011 – 2014 Chief Financial Officer – EMEA, Razorfish Digitas International
2009 – 2011 Vice President of Finance and Operations, Razorfish Europe
2006 – 2008 Finance and Operations Director, Razorfish UK
2005 – 2006 Financial Director, Razorfish UK
2005 – 2005 Forensic Accountant, Clifford Chance LLP
2001 – 2005 Head of Finance, European Technology Consultants
2000 – 2000 Financial Controller, European Technology Consultants
1998 – 2000 Product Controller, Lehman Brothers
1995 – 1998 Senior Accountant, Deloitte
Education
CA (SA)
1990 – 1994 B.Com, PGDA, UCT
About M&C Saatchi Group: M&C Saatchi Abel is a strategic advertising, marketing & communications consultancy based in Johaannesburg and Cape Town.
