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112: PRECIOUS DUBE
Helping CEOs of medium businesses increase business value
After a successful 20-year career in finance, Precious Dube is launching herself in a new direction as a corporate coach. ‘As CFOs we are at war, the biggest war being that you are entrusted with the budget. In some instances, it’s hundreds of millions of rands and in some instances billions of rands, amid a society that feels entitled to some of those monies.’
111: Dirk Viljoen
A Reputation for Innovation
The insurance industry is a barometer of business conditions generally, CFO Dirk Viljoen explains how Hollard Insurance has weathered Covid after their travel insurance turnover dropped to almost zero.
110: Andre Hugo
Spotting the Gap for a New Money App
A highly accomplished business executive with diverse international experience, Andre Hugo, has a flare for building and scaling companies, he is the CEO and Co-Founder of South Africa’s first open banking marketplace.
109: Merusha Govender
‘I knew I wanted to be a CA before I even knew what a CA did.’
Financial Director, entrepreneur and author, Merusha Govender, is one of the shareholders at DDS Group blazing a trail across 15 African countries for this specialist dispense and refrigeration service provider based in South Africa.
108: Ismail Ismail
Innovation is Key in Insurance Sector
‘I think the future of insurance ultimately will be in your cell phone’ says Compass Insure’s Ismail Ismail, who provides some fascinating insights on where the insurance sector is going in the next ten years.
107: El Hassen Taktak
Converting Financial and Economic Risks into Opportunities
COGEREF’s El Hassen TAKTAK provides some fascinating insight into the background of economic life in Tunisia, and the integration of the Tunisian economy into European countries and particularly to France.
106: Nicolaas van Wyk
The fight for Africa’s economic independence.
SAIBA CEO Nicolaas Van Wyk talks to Channel Africa to emphasise the role of the CFO in the fight for Africa’s financial freedom, and to further reiterate the demands of the modern CFO on the continent.
105: Julian Johnson
Africa’s Leading Renewable Energy Provider
Julian Johnson is CFO at BioTherm Energy, a pan-African renewable energy development and investment platform focused on the commercialisation of PV solar and onshore wind projects.
104: Mark Bartels
‘The Shopify for Accountants’
South African-born, Mark Bartels, has gained a wealth of experience from Silicon Valley to Sydney, now CFO at Practice Ignition, specialising in software to simplify business processes for their clients and ensure they receive payments.
103: Daniel Moritz
Finding Opportunities in the Chaos
Identifying a gap in the South African SME finance market, Merchant Capital provides working capital to retailers without collateral. CFO Daniel Moritz explains how this innovative financing model was introduced to South Africa.
102: Coenie Middel
Innovative Solutions to Reduce the Impact of Covid-19
Accountant, innovator and serial entrepreneur, Coenie Middel, has added five new projects to his growing portfolio of businesses focused on trend innovation.
101: James Todd
Energised by Chaos and Economic Crisis
Unilever’s James Todd represents the modern versatile CFO with a flair for turnaround strategies and a genuine passion for the products, people and company that he’s served for the past 30 years.
100: Auvasha Moodley
2021 – The Year of Innovation
Reflecting on the past year, Finance Director, Auvasha Moodley, forecasts that this will be a year of innovation as companies are compelled to think out of the box to adapt to a new normal.
99: Mark Putzier
How CFOs are moving from bean counters to business enablers
Mark Putzier is a freelance CFO gun for hire and had to draw on all his corporate skills when the Covid lockdown hammered a food franchise client’s business. The role of the CFO may never be the same again.
98: Makgau Dibakwane
CFO and Acting CEO, Makgau Dibakwane – Fundi Capital
Fundi Capital is not only South Africa’s leading education finance provider but it’s also positioning itself as a brand for the continent. Makgau Dibakwane explains how Fundi is passionate about making a difference in the life of every African through education.
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