CA (SA) of 36 years standing with varied experience in and out of the profession.
Professional experience
Articles and junior partnership with 7 partner Medium sized Audit Firm and 3 years Experience with the "Big four" Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC) prior to taking up junior partnership.
Commercial Experience
Financial Manager with largest outdoor advertising company in SA at the time. Retail experience in owning and managing own retail liquor store. Consulting experience - Foreign Creditors & taxation with the Altron group; Portfolio management with one of the Press brothers of the Edcon group; Franchising and Public company listings and management with Steers (now Famous Brands) and Creative Coffees (coffee chain of House of Coffees).
Competencies cover all audit sections in most commercial, trading and manufacturing environments.