Megan Pydigadu
Megan Pydigadu has been the group finance director of EOH since January 2019.
Megan qualified as a CA(SA in 1999 after obtaining a higher diploma in accounting from the University of Witwatersrand and a B.Comm accounting degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
She started her career at Deloitte South Africa, where she did her articles for three years before becoming an audit manager. In January 2002 she joined De Beers as a senior divisional financial manager and in September 2005 she became the group financial controller for Bateman Engineering. She joined MiX Telematics as CFO in August 2010. In February 2017 she became the CFO of Eazi Access Rental before joining EOH as the group finance director.
Megan was nominated for the CFO Awards in both 2014 and 2015 for her work at Mix Telematics. She was also nominated for the 2021 CFO Awards for her work as the group FD of EOH, and walked away with the High-Performance Team Award!
Work
2019 – Present Group FD, EOH
2017 – 2018 CFO, Eazi Access Rental
2010 – 2017 CFO, MiX Telematics
2005 – 2010 Group financial controller, Bateman Engineering
2002 – 2005 Senior divisional financial manager, De Beers
2000 – 2001 Audit manager, Deloitte South Africa
1997 – 2000 Article clerk, Deloitte South Africa
Education
1999 CA(SA), SAICA
1996 H.Dip, accounting, University of Witwatersrand
1993 – 1995 B.Comm, accounting, University of KwaZulu-Natal
About company: EOH group is a South African company specialising in the provision of technology services to businesses and government.
Company: EOH
Job title: Group FD
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