NEWS Shirley Macha- ba appointed as the first black CEO at PwC By Phumzile Ngcatshe One of the top accounting firms in the African continent, PricewaterhouseCoopers, has appointed Shirley Machaba as the first black woman to resume the role of Chief Executive Officer in Southern Africa. W ith the appointment tak- new areas of growth and development Among her achievements, she was ing effect on July 1, 2019, across Africa.” Machaba is a Chartered honoured by the South African Pro- Machaba will serve as CEO Accountant (CA) and has been a part- fessional Services Awards as the ‘Big 4 for Southern Africa and PwC made the ner in PwC’s assurance services division Professional of the Year’ and was also announcement on Wednesday.Accord- for more than a decade.She has over named the overall winner of the ‘Wom- ing to a statement from PwC Southern 26 years of internal and external audit- an Professional of the Year’ Award in Africa, the 2013 Africa’s Most Influential ing, risk management, compliance and February last year. PwC has a presence Women in Business and Government governance experience within the pri- in 34 African countries and an office finalist will succeed Dion Shango who vate and public sectors. footprint covering 66 offices with a sin- will take over as CEO for PwC Africa. gle leadership team. According to media reports, the new “PwC believes Shirley has the leader- CEO was honoured by African Wom- The accounting firm has more than 400 ship skills, experience and influence to en Chartered Accountants as ‘Audit partners including 9 000 professionals lead PwC Southern Africa in the com- Partner of the Year’ in 2016. Moreover, across the continent, the firm serves ing years,” Shango said in a statement. Machaka is nominated for the lucra- some of the continent’s major econom- “We believe that Shirley is an excellent tive 2018 Business Women of the Year ic sectors covering all industries. choice to lead our local firm, especial- (BWA) accolade and the winners are set ly as the business continues to explore to be unveiled before the end of 2019. WWW.MLMMAGAZINE.CO.ZA 51
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