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Mohammed Akoojee was appointed chief financial officer of Imperial Holdings on 1 March 2017. In February 2019 he took up the role as chief executive officer for Imperial Logistics. He resigned in 2022 and became the COO of DP World. He joined the Imperial Holdings group in 2009, and previously served as CEO of the Logistics African Regions division and executive director responsible for mergers, acquisitions, strategy and investor relations for the group. Prior to joining Imperial, Mohammed worked within the corporate finance and investment banking team at Investec Bank. In 2004 Mohammed worked for Nedbank Securities as an equity analyst. He served his articles with Deloitte and is a Chartered Accountant. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2000 with a B.Com Hons degree.
Work
2022 - Present COO, DP World.
2019 - 2022 Chief Executive Officer, Imperial Logistics
2017 – 2019 Chief Financial Officer, Imperial Holdings
2015 – 2017 Chief Executive Officer, Imperial Logistics African Regions
2009 – 2015 Executive Director-Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investor Relations, Imperial Holdings
2006 – 2009 Corporate Finance Consultant, Investec Bank Limited
2004 – 2005 Equity Analyst (Industrial Shares), Nedcor Securities
2001 – 2003 Trainee Accountant, Deloitte South Africa
Education
CA (SA), CFA,
1997 – 2000 B.Com Honours, University of Witswatersrand
1992 – 1996 Azaadville Secondary School
