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Pieter Erasmus is the CEO of Safety SA having been promoted from CFO in 2021. He is a qualified chartered accountant and chartered financial analyst with a B.Sc in Food Science, a B.Com and a PGDA in finance and accounting from the University of Cape Town, as well as a global executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa. He has worked in the financial industry for many years, having started as a supervisor for audit and assurance at KPMG South Africa and working is way to firstly, the manager of corporate finance at KPMG South Africa and then the manager of corporate advisory at PKF. In 2007 he was appointed at Deloitte, where he remained for almost four years. He was briefly a senior portfolio manager at Absa Capital Partners. He was also a partner at Rockwood Private Equity. Prior to joining Safety SA, Pieter was an investment director for Value Capital Partners.
Work
2021 - Present CEO, Safety SA
2018 - 2021 Chief Financial Officer, Safety SA
2017 - 2018 Investment Director, Value Capital Partners
2013 - 2017 Partner, Rockwood Private Equity
2013 - 2013 Senior Portfolio Manager, Absa Capital Private Equity
2007 - 2011 Associate Director, Corporate Finance, Deloitte
2006 - 2007 Manager, Corporate Advisory, PKF
2005 - 2006 Manager, Corporate Finance, KPMG South Africa
2002 - 2005 Supervisor, Audit & Assurance, KPMG South Africa
Education
2011 - 2012 Global Executive MBA, Instituto de Empresa
2008 - 2010 Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute
2002 - 2005 CA(SA), SAICA
2000 - 2001 PGDA, B.Com Finance & Accounting, UCT
1996 - 1999 BSc, Food Science, University of Stellenbosch
1991 - 1995 Matric, Rondebosch Boys’ High School
