Project Directors
Member Engagement

Christiaan Vorster
Christiaan is the Regional Executive of SAICA for the Western and Eastern Cape provinces. He joined SAICA in 2014 and is based in SAICA’s Cape Town offices
His wide-ranging bouquet of South...

Bruce Freer
Bruce's main focus, as SAICA Regional Executive: International Members, is to ensure that the interests of all the International region members (i.e all members living and working outside South Africa's borders) are...

Div Lamprecht
Div Lamprecht joined SAICA in 2005 and is the Regional Executive for the Central Region, which consists of the Free State, Northern Cape and North West Provinces. The office is based in...

Naeem Asvat
Naeem Asvat joined SAICA in 2007 as the Regional Executive for SAICA Eastern Region and is based in Durban.
Prior to joining SAICA, he was a Senior Manager in the Accounting Advisory...

Nadia Dickson
During her 20 years with SAICA, Nadia has been responsible for various portfolios, mainly involving the administration of membership. She currently looks after a number of member support areas and through the...
Marketing and Communications

Gerinda Engelbrecht
A passionate digital strategy, publishing and creative expert with more than 16 years’ industry expertise, Gerinda is a skilled publisher, digital strategy manager and emerging digital technologies enthusiast.
With experience across the...

Karin Jacobsen
Karin is a skilled communications and marketing strategist professional with over 15 years’ experience in external communication and marketing strategy, crisis communication, reputation management, stakeholder engagement, marketing campaign management and eventing.
Since...

Leah Xaba
Leah’s career spans over 10 years in the marketing communication field and she has extensive marketing experience in the financial services industry. She holds a BA Marketing degree from the Institute of...
Irene Hattingh
Irene is the Project Director: Seminars and Events at SAICA. Her experience in the conference and events industry spans over 25 years and includes project management of large corporate events, academic conferences,...

Renette Human
Renette Human is a skilled communications professional with experience in internal and external communication, reputation management, crisis communication, employee engagement and magazine publishing. Since graduating in 2004, she has worked as a...
Standards

Bongeka Nodada
Bongeka joined SAICA as a project manager after completing her articles with PricewaterhouseCoopers and was later promoted to Project Director. She is responsible for managing the financial reporting function at SAICA. Her...

Jeanne Viljoen
Jeanne Viljoen is the Project Director: Ethics and Practice at SAICA. She is the Secretariat of both the SAICA Ethics Committee and SAICA National Small and Medium Practice Interest Group. The SAICA...

Juanita Steenekamp
Juanita is responsible for governance and non-IFRS reporting advice and services to SAICA members and coordinates submissions to the DTI and other state entities.
Part of Juanita’s portfolio is dealing with legislation,...

Loshni Naidoo
Loshni is the Integrated Reporting Project Director at SAICA. Her focus is to support SAICA members, the broader finance community and society with information and tools to progress the conversation on sustainability,...

Kedibone Pilusa
Kedibone joined SAICA as Project Manager: Financial Services responsible for engagements with regulators and industry participants within the sector, providing guidance and keeping SAICA members updated on sector developments, and coordinating submissions...

Piet Nel
Before joining SAICA, Piet was involved in tax consulting and tax dispute resolution. He is an accounting member of the Tax Court and a visiting professor at Wits, and was previously a...
Somaya Khaki
Somaya joined SAICA in 2012 as Project Director: Tax Suite. Her role has changed over the years and she is now the Project Director responsible for Operational Advocacy and Member Services within...

Odwa Benxa
Odwa started his career as a trainee with EY and subsequently joined the EY Public Practice Group as an assistant manager. Subsequently, he joined the Auditor – General South Africa as an... |

Msizi Gwala
Msizi joined SAICA on 11 January 2021 and is working in the Members and Global Alliances Division as the Project Director for Enabling Competencies. He is responsible for the implementation and integration...

Dr. Sharon Smulders
Sharon is primarily responsible for tax advocacy at SAICA which includes the development of tax legislation in South Africa by commenting on proposed legislation. She engages with the media and various stakeholders...

Gigi Nyanin
Gigi joined SAICA on 1 June 2020. She previously headed the Legal and Compliance function at Awethu Project Capital. Prior to that, she worked as a senior associate in the Tax and...
Office of the CEO
Professional Development, Transformation and Growth

Adri Kleinhans
Adri Kleinhans is the Project Director: AT(SA), AGA(SA) and Reciprocity at The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) in South Africa. During her more than 30 years with SAICA, she has...

Nthato Selebi
Nthato is a qualified educator with teaching experience in the USA and South Africa. He is an educationalist at heart with a passion for youth development. He holds an LLB degree from...

Lwando Bantom
Lwando Bantom began his career as a petrol attendant at Shell, where he worked for six years while he completed his matric part time. He then studied at Fort Hare University and...

Tonia Jackson
Tonia is responsible for all aspects of the SAICA Training Programme. She has over 15 years’ experience at SAICA, having fulfilled various roles in different divisions over the years, first as an...