Mohammed ‘Ashraf’ Dindar
Mohammed ‘Ashraf’ Dindar was appointed CFO effective 1 July 2020. He joined the CSIR from Foskor, where he was the CFO and executive director from January 2016 until recently, a position he was seconded to from the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). At the IDC, Ashraf was the head of financial management from January 2002 to December 2015.
He has extensive experience in executive and board-level leadership and has also served as non-executive director on various Boards. He participated in the working group on the integration of Khula and the South African Micro-Finance Apex Fund to establish the Small Enterprise Finance Agency. He was also part of the National Treasury task team that worked on the proposed BRICS bank.
Ashraf is a qualified CA(SA), holds bachelors of commerce and accounting degrees from the University of Witwatersrand, and executive and development programme certificates from the Gordon Institute of Business Science and the Global Institute of Leadership Development.
For his role as the CFO of the CSIR, Ashraf has been nominated for the 2022 CFO Awards.
Work
2020 – Present CFO, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
2016 – 2020 CFO, Foskor
2002 – 2015 Head of Financial Management, IDC
Education
Bachelors of commerce and accounting, University of Witwatersrand
Executive development programme, GIBS
Executive development programme, Global Institute of Leadership Development
About the CSIR: The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, commonly known as the CSIR, is a world-class African research and development organisation established through an Act of Parliament in 1945. The CSIR undertakes directed, multidisciplinary research and technological innovation that contributes to the improved quality of life of South Africans.
Company: CSIR
Job title: CFO
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