Leadership Advisor‘The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.’ So says leadership expert John Maxwell. How are we responding to the COVID-19 crisis? Is our leadership style still excellent? Are we maintaining a purpose-driven focus? Our world is reeling from the far-reaching effects of a pandemic…
The pandemic has intensified South Africa’s economic challenges, but these entrepreneurial CAs(SA) have found the secret sauce. AUTHOR | Monique Verduyn When President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed entrepreneurs in July, he applauded South Africans who are ‘searching for the silver lining’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a time of global crisis. The spread of the coronavirus has…
At 26 years old, Tramayne Monaghan was the youngest divisional CFO for Tencent. He has spoken at global conferences and is a mentor to three digital businesses: Broadley Speaking, African Secret and TurnUp Music. He has launched and run various consumer mobile products such as WeChat, WeChat Wallet, VOOV, JOOX and PUBG Mobile and has…
Thabo Mongatane is a family man, coach, youth development practitioner and an entrepreneur who advocates for black excellence and living a life of purpose. He is CEO of the Kolano Investment Solutions Group specialising in consulting, advisory, SMME development and talent management. He is also a founder of Kumbaya Africa, a start-up incubator for NGOs…
Swati Safeda is a young leader who brings optimism, enthusiasm and passion to everything she does. Her role requires her to learn fast and to keep up with ever-changing disruptive technologies. She is the youngest C-Suite leader in her company and the youngest board member of Nimble Collection Services. Her role at Nimble is a…
Scott Needham is an alternative investment specialist at AlphaWealth, a multi-family office boutique advisory and wealth management firm. He heads up the Alternative Investment division with cross-geographical global mandates that cover private equity, venture capital, mezzanine debt and direct property. The division currently manages over R2 billion in investments. Scott is also the fund manager…
After attaining his CA(SA) in 2015, Rolihlahla left his job at the Financial Services Board and returned to Mthatha to become a lecturer at Walter Sisulu University. He wanted to make a positive contribution to an existence that could be discouraging and devastating − the fact that he could obtain his CA(SA) was an inspiration…
Rochelle Murugan began her career at Mazars in Durban in 2010 before moving to Gauteng in 2014. Her decade-long experience at Mazars has seen her seconded to William Buck NSW in Sydney, Australia, and being promoted to equity partner in 2019 at the young age of 32. Rochelle’s belief in meaningful transformation and her desire…
Ricardo Mantovani regards himself as fortunate to have had so many opportunities in life. Despite having grown up under the shadow of a learning disability he believes that with the right mind set and determination, anyone can achieve great things. The experience he gained through his CA programme has allowed him to develop both himself…
‘If I were to caption a book about my life it would be Stories of a life of purpose,’ says Precious Mdlalose. Her choices of work from the moment she qualified as a CA(SA) was to seek a life of purpose. She was drawn to the public sector because she wanted to be a representation…