Job Title: Group finance officer
Company: Aspen Pharmacare
Sean Capazorio has been the group finance officer of Aspen Pharmacare Holdings bsince January 1999.
Sean has a B.Com and B.Acc from the University of the Witwatersrand, and is a qualified CA(SA). He also completed an advanced certificate in taxation at UNISA during this time.
He served his articles at PwC and remained at the company post-articles for two years as an audit manager. In 1993 he left the profession and joined Unisys as a corporate management accountant. He was later promoted to the position of financial controller before leaving the company in 1996. He joined SAD as a corporate finance accountant responsible for group taxation and corporate finance. He was appointed group finance officer of Aspen Pharmacare in January 1999.
For his work as the group finance officer at Aspen Pharmacare, Sean was awarded the Finance Transformation Award at the 2018 CFO Awards and has been nominated again for the 2021 CFO Awards.
Work
1999 – Present Group finance officer, Aspen Pharmacare
1996 – 1998 Corporate finance accountant, South African Druggists
1993 – 1996 Financial controller & corporate management accountant, Unisys
1991 – 1993 Audit manager, PwC
1987 – 1990 Articled clerk, PwC
Education
1991 – 1992 Advanced certificate in taxation, UNISA
1986 – 1987 B.Acc, University of the Witwatersrand
1983 – 1985 B.Com, University of the Witwatersrand
About company: Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited is a multinational South African holding company for pharmaceutical concerns, and the largest drug company in Africa.
