I started my career as a trainee accountant at PwC in 2000 and was appointed assistant manager on completion of my articles in 2003. I was the only trainee offered an assistant manager position in auditing from a group of approximately 15 trainees.Within 6 months I was promoted to national manager looking after 26 offices nationwide. My focus was on risk management, financial budgeting and reporting, streamlining best practice and learning and education in the middle market sector, a role I fulfilled for three years.After 6 years I left PwC to join an engineering group in the high technology sector where I was promoted to financial director within12 months.In 2008 I joined Harmony Gold as a financial manager and was instrumental in the re-implementation of Oracle and the integration of the supply chain department with the operational finance department. In 2009 I moved to their corporate office where I gained two years’ experience in corporate reporting and taxation.I left Harmony in 2011 to join JSE listed Keaton Energy Holdings Limited (KEH) as their Chief Financial Officer.Notable achievements during my tenure at KEH include:• The acquisition of two coal mining groups, one of which was ASX listed;• Re-financing of the KEH group with a R350 million term facility;• The implementation of a Black Empowerment re-structuring transaction;• The implementation of a group wide ERP system (SAP) on time and on budget;• The turnaround of two loss making operations;• The disposal of the group’s KZN anthracite operations;• The disposal of KEH to Wescoal Holdings Ltd at a 200% premium to the KEH share price.Following the disposal of Keaton to Wescoal I joined Wescoal as financial consultant on a one year fixed term contract to assist with the integration of the two businesses, implementation of SAP accross the group and oversee financial reporting.I joined Twinsaver Group form September 2018 as Financial Director