Job Title: CFO
Company: Sandvik
Sandvik has appointed Nerissa Jalim as its new CFO to drive growth, profitability and sustainability at the engineering company. Nerissa Jalim is a former CFO of Cargo Carriers. Prior to joining Cargo Carriers, Nerissa was the country controller for Lafarge Holcim. Before that, she was the manufacturing operating group finance business partner at Aveng. She also served as the chair of Kuehne + Nagel’s board of directors during that time.
Nerissa has served as a FD for the Sub-Saharan Africa regions of Gunnebo and ESAB, as well as a financial manager for Imperial Logistics and First National Battery.
Her career started at Deloitte as a senior auditor, and she qualified as a CA(SA) in 2008. She has a BAcc honours degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Work
2024 – Present Chief Financial Officer, Sandvik
2019 – 2024 Chief Financial Officer, Cargo Carriers
2019 – 2019 Head of Controlling, LafargeHolcim
2017 – 2019 Chair of the Board of Directors, Kuehne + Nagel
2017 – 2019 Manufacturing Operating Group Finance Business Partner, Aveng
2015 – 2017 Finance and Internal Support Services Director, Gunnebo Sub-Saharan Africa
2012 – 2014 Financial Director, ESAB Sub-Saharan Africa
2011 – 2012 Financial Manager, Commercial Manager, Imperial Logistics
2009 – 2011 Financial Manager, First National Battery
2005 – 2007 Senior Auditor, Deloitte
Education
Present Executive MBA candidate, Henley Business School
2008 CA(SA), SAICA
2004 BAcc Honours, University of KwaZulu-Natal
2001 BAcc, University of Johannesburg
About company: Cargo Carriers are specialists in providing transport solutions to the Fuel, Steel, Chemicals, Gas, Powders, Mining and Sugar industries.
