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Company: Citi
Nico Botha received his Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Pretoria and his Honours from UNISA. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) after completing his articles at Moores Rowland and remained on as Audit Manager before moving to KPMG. He has held Controller positions with Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs and has gained Accounting Policy Directorship experience from UBS Investment Bank and Citi EMEA. He joined Citi Group in 2011 and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Citi South Africa in 2016. In 2022 he became their Financial Controller for Emerging Markets.
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Work
2022 - Present Financial Controller Emerging Markets, Citi
2016 – 2021 Chief Financial Officer, Citi South Africa
2011 – 2016 Head of Accounting Policy, EMEA, Citi
2008 – 2011 Director, Accounting Policy, UBS Investment Bank
2007 – 2008 Product Controller, Credit Suisse
2007 – 2007 Financial Controller, Goldman Sachs
2006 – 2006 Manager Advisory Services, KPMG
2005 – 2006 Audit Manager, Moores Rowland
2003 – 2005 Article Clerk, Moores Rowland
Education
CA (SA)
2003 – 2003 B.Com Honours, Accounting Sciences, UNISA
1999 – 2001 B.Com, Accounting and Finance, University of PTA
About Citi South Africa: Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides customers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
