Job Title: CFO
Company: Walgreens Boots Alliance
Wayne Beifus was appointed as CFO international retail for Walgreens Boots Alliance in August 2018. Prior to joining WBA Wayne was the CFO and FD of British American Tobacco’s various regions, including Western Europe, South Africa, Japan, Moldova, Eastern Europe, Australia, Samoa and Tonga for more than 16 years. He has also worked for Nomura Research Institute, Lloyds Bank and Charter Financial & Auditing. Wayne is a qualified chartered accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. He has a Bachelor of Accounting Science Honours degree and B.Com Accounting degree from UNISA.
Work
2018 - Present Chief Financial Officer, Retail Pharmacy International
2017 - 2018 Chief Financial Officer, Western Europe, British American Tobacco
2016 - 2017 Chief Financial Officer, Southern Africa, British American Tobacco
2010 - 2015 Chief Financial Officer, Japan, British American Tobacco
2009 - 2010 Finance Director, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, British American Tobacco
2008 - 2009 Finance Director, South Eastern Europe, British American Tobacco
2006 - 2008 Finance Controller, Australasia, British American Tobacco
2003 - 2006 Finance Director, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, British American Tobacco
2001 - 2003 Group Reporting Manager, Australasie, British American Tobacco
1998 - 2000 Finance Controller, Europe, Nomura Research Institute
1996 - 1997 Senior Project Manager, Lloyds Bank
1992 - 1996 Senior Audit Manager, Charter Financial & Auditing SA
Education
Member, AICA
2000 - 2000 CA(SA), University of Southern Queensland
1995 - 1995 Hons, B.AccSc, UNISA
Member, SAICA
1991 - 1994 B.Com Accounting, UNISA
1986 - 1990 Matric, Northview High School
About Walgreens Boots Alliance: Walgreens Boots Alliance is an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader serving millions of customers and patients every day. A retail pharmacy with approximately 13,000 locations across the U.S., Europe and Latin America.
