Job Title: CFO
Company: Sandoz
Jacques van Wyk has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Accounting and Business Economics from the University of the Free State and a Management Accountant qualification from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. After serving as Assistant Manager at N&M Agencies, he did temporary assignments for various companies before working for Ranbaxy for almost seven years. He then joined Sandoz as Chief Financial Officer of South and East Africa and was later promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Sandoz Africa and the Middle East. He was appointed Head of Finance Divisional Initiatives in October 2021.
Work
2021 - Present Head of Finance Divisional Initiatives, Sandoz
2019 - 2021 Chief Financial Officer, Sandoz Africa and Middle East
2016 – 2019 Chief Financial Officer, Sandoz Africa
2009 – 2016 Chief Financial Officer, Sandoz South and East Africa
2007 – 2009 Finance Manager: Be-Tabs Pharmaceuticals, Ranbaxy
2006 – 2007 Management Accountant, Ranbaxy
2003 – 2005 Finance Executive, Ranbaxy Africa
2002 – 2003 Financial Management Accountant, Ranbaxy
2000 – 2001 Accounts Assistant, S3 Computer Recruitment
2000 – 2000 Accounts Payable Clerk, Denton Wilde Sapte
2000 – 2000 Accounts Assistant, Mark Allen Group
2000 – 2000 Accounts Payable Clerk, NCH Action for Children
1999 – 1999 Accounts Assistant, Trobridges
1999 – 1999 Accounts Assistant, Tecalemit Garage Equipment
1995 – 1999 Assistant Manager, N&M Agencies
Education
2005 – 2006 ACMA, CIMA
1993 – 1996 B.Com, Accounting and Business Economics, University of the Free State
About Sandoz: Sandoz is a global leader in generic and biosimilar, generic antibiotics, dermatology and transplantation medicines, as well as generic cardiovascular, central nervous system, pain and ophthalmology to oncology, respiratory and hormonal therapeutics areas. At Sandoz, they discover new ways to improve and extend people’s lives. They pioneer novel approaches to help people around the world access high-quality medicine. In 2015, their products reached an estimated 520 million patients.