Job Title: chief financial officer
Company: Bidvest McCarthy
Nilisha Padayachee is the chief financial officer at Bidvest McCarthy.
Before taking on her current role, Nilisha served as group financial manager at the company, a role she progressed to in January 2015.
She previously served as a group financial accountant at Bidvest McCarthy and as a trustee for the Bidvest Pension Fund.
Earlier in her career, she served as an audit trainee at Deloitte.
Nilisha is a qualified CA(SA) and holds a BCom honours in accounting and a BCom in accounting from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Work:
2023 – Present: chief financial officer, Bidvest McCarthy
2015 – 2023: group financial manager, Bidvest McCarthy
2021 – 2025: trustee, Bidvest Pension Fund
2011 – 2015: group financial accountant, Bidvest McCarthy
2009 – 2011: audit trainee, Deloitte
Education:
2014: Executive Development Programme, Bidvest
2011: Qualified as a CA(SA)
2008: BCom honours in accounting, University of KwaZulu-Natal
2007: BCom in accounting, University of KwaZulu-Natal
2004: Matric, Westville Girls' High School
About company: Bidvest McCarthy is one of South Africa's largest multi-franchise motor retailers with a trading history going back more than 100 years.
