WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders. 
WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders.
View professional biographies of prominent African celebrities, politicians, corporate and business leaders.
Mona Mahdy spearheads the Oracle NetSuite organization for Africa & Levant. As a professional in the technology industry for the past 16 years, Mona advanced through multiple roles within multinational organizations. Starting out in product & brand management for the public sector, channel management, sales, and most recently leading Oracle NetSuite’s expansion across Africa &… read more »
I have over 22 years’ experience in the financial industry. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant and completing Articles at Deloitte, I joined De Beers as a Divisional Financial Manager. I then worked at Bateman Group for five years as the Group Financial Controller. In 2010 I joined MiX Telematics, a JSE and later also… read more »
I am energetic individual with a passion for research, banking and financial & investment management. I am currently a senior lecturer at the department of accountancy of the University of Johannesburg where I lecture financial management to second and third year undergraduate students. I am also involved in supervising masters degree dissertations for the MCom… read more »
I am the Divisional Head: Bank Supervision at the Prudential Authority of the South African Reserve Bank. Prior to joining the Prudential Authority, I was Chief Financial Officer of Sasfin Holdings Limited and Sasfin Bank Limited. I have extensive experience in banking including the full ambit of financial control, risk management, capital and liquidity management…. read more »
Liaan Kretzschmar is an experienced Financial Director with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. I am skilled in Transfer Pricing, Cash Flow, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit, and IT Service Management. Strong finance professional with a M.Com (Tax) focused in South African & International Taxation from North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit.
I am a techie at heart and one that has been fascinated with transforming the way we work and live to make a real difference to people, companies and the world we live in. I have spent most of my professional career as a digital and technology transformation specialist,designing, leading and executing the transformation of… read more »
I have recruited roles across banking and financial services since 2010 and am proud to have helped companies secure talent across their front, middle and back office functions. Since transferring to Johannesburg in January 2015, I have also recruited senior & executive positions across Engineering & Manufacturing, Procurement & Supply Chain, Finance, Audit and General… read more »
Lana-Lee Ross is the Executive Head for Discovery Business insurance and an admitted attorney. I have spent the last 20 years working in various roles within the insurance industry, including as Deputy MD for Alexander Forbes Insurance Company. Lana-Lee Ross is passionate about risk management and how risk management can assist business owners to protect… read more »
I have experience spanning start-ups to listed corporates and have operated locally, regionally and globally. I was appointed Group CFO at Bowmans in October 2017 and sits on the Board of CAFSA, Sanari Capital and MMI Lending as a Non-Executive Director. Previously I was consulting to Texton Property Fund Ltd and an Executive Director and… read more »
Jennifer McDonald started her career with Deloitte South Africa as an audit article clerk after I received my Bachelor of Commerce honours degree in accounting, financial management, auditing and taxation from the University of Johannesburg. I was briefly an audit manager at Deloitte Australia before I returned to South Africa to become the national finance… read more »
Innocent Gumbochuma is currently a CFO at The Quality Council for Trades and Occupations(QCTO), a public entity under the Dept of Higher Education and Training. I have 15 years of experience in both private sector and public sector companies in various Accounting and Finance as well as Supply Chain Management roles. I am a Certified Chartered… read more »
I have over 20 years’ experience in the audit industry. I completed my articles with KPMG, specialising in the manufacturing industry. I then joined EY Financial Services in London where I spent 6 years and my experience gained there included large multinational Investment Banks, such as Investec, Morgan Stanley and Nomura. During this time, I… read more »
I lead Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE technology propositions across Asia-Pacific, India, MENA & Africa. As Enterprise Proposition Lead, I work with large organisations propelling their adoption of technology to meet their global tax and accounting compliance and reporting requirements. In addition to driving engagement and ensuring customers get the most out of the ONESOURCE suite and… read more »
Hannes Boonzaaier completed his articles with KPMG in 1999. During my tenure with KPMG, I gained experience in valuations, due diligence reviews and commercial structuring of business transactions. I then joined Medscheme as a Financial Manager and, over the past 13 years, have been involved with Medscheme and the AfroCentric Group in various client operations…. read more »
Grant Searle a partner in the PwC Advisory Consulting practice leading Finance Transformation, I have 23 years of professional experience where the remit has been Improving Efficiency, Removing Complexity, Improving Performance, Creating Insight, Growing Revenue and Integrating Successfully. I’m a subject matter expert in Finance Operating Models (incl. Digital Finance and Shared Services) and strategic… read more »