Job Title: Finance Director
Company: Champion Petfoods Australia
Sasha Brown is the finance director at Champion Petfoods Australia.
She moved within the ranks of Mars South Africa to head up the finance department in the APAC region.
Sasha has been the chief financial officer of Mars South Africa since April 2023. She has been with the Mars group since 2018, when she joined as a market finance manager, and has served as the company’s sales finance manager and as a senior business partner before taking up her current role.
Prior to this, she served in various finance management roles at Deloitte and as a financial analyst for Signature Business Solutions. She completed her articles with Louis Marais & Partners in 2012.
Sasha has a CTA honours in accounting and finance from Unisa, as well as a BCom degree in accounting sciences from the University of Pretoria, and a post-graduate diploma from UNISA.
Work
2026 – Present2023 – 2025 Chief Financial Officer, Mars Southern Africa
2022 – 2023 Senior Business Partner, Mars South Africa
2020 – 2022 Sales Finance Manager, Business Partner, Mars South Africa
2018 – 2020 Market Finance Manager, Business Partner, Mars South Africa
2017 – 2017 Senior Manager, Deloitte South Africa
2015 – 2017 Manager: Finance and Accounting, BPS, Deloitte South Africa
2013 – 2015 Financial Analyst, Signature Business Solutions
2010 – 2012 Senior Article Clerk, Louis Marais and Partners
Education
2011 – 2012 CTA Honours, Accounting and Finance, University of South Africa
2010 – 2010 Post-grad Diploma in Accounting Sciences, University of South Africa
2006 – 2009 BCom, Accounting Sciences, University of Pretoria
About company: Mars is a multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services.
