Mar 2023 – Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Chief Commercial & Finance Executive at Huge TNS Group. Huge TNS is part of the JSE-listed Huge Group and operates in 5 regional offices with 178 staff across South Africa.
• My responsibilities include all commercial matters, overseeing risk management, direct sales, channel partner strategy, managing relationships with key stakeholders, and being a key member of Exco.
• I also oversaw the finance function, including driving FP&A, finance strategy, budgets, forecast, and oversaw credit & risk, including credit vetting, collections, and overdue debt management.

Jan 2019 – Mar 2023 · 4 yrs 2 mos

• Managing Director at Huge Telecom, part of JSE listed Huge Group (JSE: HUG).
• Member of Opco Exco and various key committees.
• Responsible for the overall strategy, operations, and growth of the company. I lead a staff complement of 130 full-time staff through 12 direct reports across 5 operating regions in South Africa.

Aug 2018 – Dec 2018 · 4 mos

• Oversaw full finance function, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, audits, tax, and credit management.

Apr 2014 – Jul 2018 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Johannesburg Area, South Africa · On-site

• Finance Executive at Vodafone’s South African subsidiary Vodacom Business
• Led the Vodacom Business Financial Planning and Analytics (FP&A) function with a budget of R14bn and the R1.5bn B2B customer Acquisition and Retention function (2018).

Oct 2006 – Mar 2014 · 7 yrs 5 mos

• Member of the Credit & Risk Executive committee, Credit committee and various Project Steering committees.
• SYNOPSIS OF KEY METRICS:
• Provide end-to-end Credit & Risk steering on all aspects of the operations and strategy on SME, Corporate and Distribution credit portfolios - 2 million customers across 80,000 accounts. Book value R4 bn (2014) and a mandate to R5 m.
• ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• I defined the Vodacom SA Credit & Risk strategy, managing a R4 billion customer book in 2014. The Vodacom Credit & Risk function was rated #1 in the Vodafone Group: 2009 – 2014.
• I defined and established a Commercial Credit Strategy for the Vodacom business in its early years.

Mar 2002 – Sep 2006 · 4 yrs 6 mos

• ● Provide end-to-end operational management of the Corporate Credit department with a R300 m portfolio.
• ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• ● I successfully managed the acquisition project for the take-on of new Commercial Payphone customers, including establishment of policies and procedures, credit vetting processes, dispute resolution systems and ISO 9001 compliance.

Feb 2001 – Feb 2002 · 1 yr

• Carried out special projects and investigations into abnormal operating trends and reports;
• Implemented various systems: various policies and procedures to comply with ISO 9000/2001, and various reporting systems and internal controls .

May 1999 – Jan 2001 · 1 yr 8 mos · City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• EXCO member responsible for full financial function at QData Dynamique, a 100% subsidiary of BCX Ltd (JSE listed)
• ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• ● I played a key role in restructuring the business, resulting in significant cost-savings.
• ● I overhauled the company’s forecasting and reporting systems, resulting in highly-improved efficiencies.
• ● I developed effective financial modelling techniques to augment the evaluation of competitor acquisitions, disposing of unprofitable business units, feasibility studies of new product development and evaluation of customer and supplier contracts.

Aug 1996 – Apr 1999 · 2 yrs 8 mos · City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Feb 1995 – Jul 1996 · 1 yr 5 mos · Eswatini

Jan 1991 – Jan 1995 · 4 yrs · East London, South Africa Metropolitan Area