Job Title: CFO
Company: Bidvest Prestige
Thabile Ngidi started her career at PwC South Africa, where she completed her articles in 2009. She then joined Nampak as a divisional finance manager until 2014, after which she served as the head of finance for Saint Gobain Construction Products (Weber South Africa). In 2016, she joined Colgate-Palmolive as a senior finance manager. A year later, she became a finance consultant for China African Previous Metals. From 2018 she served as the finance manager of the Toyota franchise at Barloworld Motor Retail South Africa, before being appointed as Bidvest Prestige’s CFO in 2023.
Thabile has a BCom honours degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is a qualified chartered accountant. She also completed a management development programme with GIBS in 2011.
Work
2023 – Present CFO, Bidvest Prestige
2018 – 2023 Toyota Franchise Finance Manager, Barloworld Motor Retail SA
2017 – 2018 Finance Consultant, China African Precious Metals
2016 – 2017 Senior Finance Manager, Colgate-Palmolive
2014 – 2016 Head of Finance, Saint Gobain Construction Products (Weber SA)
2009 – 2014 Divisional Finance Manager: Corrugated, Nampak
2006 – 2009 Trainee Accountant, PwC South Africa
Education
2011 – 2011 Management Development Programme, GIBS
2005 – 2005 BCom Honours, University of KwaZulu-Natal
2004 – 2004 BCom, University of KwaZulu-Natal
About company: Bidvest Prestige is a leading and award-winning contract cleaning service provider operating in Southern Africa and Mauritius.