Financial Director
Jacques started his career as a trainee accountant at PwC in 2000 and within 6 months was promoted to national manager looking after 26 offices nationwide, focussing on risk management, financial budgeting and reporting, streamlining best practice and learning and education in the middle market sector.
In 2008 Jacques 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 he moved to their corporate office, gaining two years’ experience in corporate reporting and taxation.
In 2011 Jacques join JSE listed Keaton Energy Holdings Limited (KEH) as their Chief Financial Officer. Notable achievements during my tenure at KEH included; 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 he joined Wescoal as financial consultant on a one year fixed term contract to assist with the integration of the two businesses, implementation of SAP across the group and oversee financial reporting.
Jacques joined the Twinsaver Group in September 2018 as Financial Director.
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