Ayob Alli

Financial Controller - SA

Boasting an impressive 25 years of overall experience across the retail, manufacturing, project management and recruitment sectors, Ayob really takes the lead in his role as a seasoned Financial Executive here at Makosi. After completing his BCompt at UNISA, Ayob specialized in financial reporting, data analytics and governance. We love his intrinsic passion for business process improvement and his crisp ability to use technology to support and achieve business strategy.

Michelle Roberts

Engagement Manager

Qualified Chartered Accountant, with over 3 years of audit experience at Grant Thornton, and over 2 years in the private sector. She has a diverse set of skills from having been exposed to a wide variety of industries. She has a passion for managing world-class audit teams who deliver solutions and efficiencies to any business. You can count on Michelle to handle the pressure, bring high energy and positivity to any situation.

Kavir Rama

Director - Transactional Advisory Services

Kavir is a seasoned Corporate Financier with over 10 years professional experience having worked across various sectors/industries locally and globally. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (South Africa), CFA Charter holder and holds a Master’s in Commerce. His resilient attitude along with remaining level-headed under any situation enables an environment to deliver the highest quality outcomes in stressful and high-pressure situations for our clients. Kavir’s strategic and innovative thinking is what sets him apart in his field.

Kubendran Sigamoney

Engagement Manager - Audit

Kubendran is an experienced audit manager, with strong professional experience in Internal Audit, External Audit, US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), IFRS and Income Tax. Kubendran has worked on several audit projects across the US, including New York, Florida and California. He's passionate about delivering the most professional and effective audit engagements to our clients.

Paul Emery

CXO

At the age of 28, Paul rode a motorcycle around the world. While he was riding, he thought about quitting almost every day. But despite the bad weather, brushes with the law, mental and physical fatigue, he kept going. Today, Paul puts that perseverance to work as a member of the Makosi leadership team by delivering exceptional service and experiences to our clients.

Stefan Rossouw

Business Analyst

Stefan is a Business Analyst currently working cross-functionally with the Makosi Product team to design, develop and deploy strategies for the business environment. As a Business Analyst, he aims to effectively evaluate system performances, identifying key indicators, and discover how changes in operations will improve results. He is passionate about translating user requirements into easily understandable documents, analysis, and insights that in turn drive high impact business decisions.

Clarissa Bezuidenhout

TAS Deployment Coordinator

Running a large organization like ours requires meticulous planners, strategists and administrators. Clarissa is such a key backbone of our daily operations. Not only is she articulate, attentive to detail and eloquent in her administrative role at Makosi, her unwavering passion for structure and perfection comes as a real flex here at Makosi. We have no idea how she does it, but her expressive communication skills, dynamic adaptability and people-first approach is what makes her shine as one of our Rockstars.

Faatimah Khan

Staff Accountant - SA

Faatimah Ait-Kadi is our dynamic Staff Accountant here at Makosi. She completed her articles in the retail sector at one of the Big Four Audit Firms where she was a Senior Audit Manager, with 6 years’ experience in various sectors of audit and accounting. Following her time at EY, she worked as a Financial Manager for Organo Gold Africa (SA, Kenya and Nigeria). She started her incredible journey at Makosi in February 2022 as a Senior Audit Consultant. She is proud and excited to be one of our Rockstars and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have her on board!

Chelsea Dearham

Journey Advocate - Audit

Chelsea is a skilled Recruiter and HR Generalist. She holds a Btech Degree in Human Resources Management as well as Bcom Honours in Industrial and Organisational Psychology. She has worked in various industries including audit, financial services and freight and logistics which has allowed her to grow her network range for recruitment purposes. She brings to Makosi her years of experience in guiding individuals to achieve their personal and career goals.

Marcus Soobiah

IT Support Manager

Marcus is an accomplished IT Support specialist with over 13 years’ experience in the IT industry across various sectors. He has built an impressive track record working on complex solutions and determined to making the IT support function one that is trusted and used frequently as his belief that giving people the human element of contact is far greater than any automated response they can receive is what really makes him a Makosi Rockstar. Marcus is able to thrive in a high pressure, deadline driven environment where he is passionate about solving problems and providing world class solutions to clients, both internal and external.

Karessa Reddy

Payroll Specialist

Every organization has its own set of expectations that need to be fulfilled, and Karessa is one of the Rockstars that are a key driver of our successes. Karessa has had 10 years of experience in the field and continues to push her creativity to the max, having started out in general administration and later working her way up the corporate ladder, becoming a payroll specialist and contributing in leading teams to success. She studied marketing which allowed her to push her creativity and equipped her with an inherent understanding of both internal and external expectations of an organization. She understands the needs of employees and ensures she finds the best solution to providing the best service to all staff.

Cindy Botha

Head of People and Engagement

Cindy is an experienced People Leader boasting with varied industry background and experience, most of which were acquired as an Experienced Talent professional at one of the leading big 4 auditing firms before expanding her global & Africa experience at a UK based NGO. She brings to Makosi her expertise and experience, which ranges across several core enabling talent capabilities. She is driven by her passion for people, purpose driven impact and innovative pragmatic people strategies.

Karin Wessels

Senior Business Analyst

For the past 14 years, Karin has worked as a Financial Analyst, Business Analyst and Product owner across the technology and financial service sectors . She is a detailed-orientated planner, focused on delivering value to the business by gaining a good understanding of the requirements and objectives

Bernice Roux

Talent & People Operations Manager

Holding a degree in Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Bernice is an expert when it comes to critical thinking, analytical problem solving and implementing processes and procedures to make teams work more effectively. Her career experience consists of working in auditing and quality control, analytics, project management as well as operational management. Bernice has been a pioneer in the recruitment industry, having over 15 years of experience with one of South Africa's largest recruitment companies.

Suzgika Myaba

Timesheet Administrator

Suzgika is a meticulous, task-driven individual. She is a meticulous, task-driven individual with over 10 years of experience in HR, Payroll and Administration and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Relations and Diploma in Human Resource Management. Suzgika takes the lead with her ability to facilitate aspects of internal and external communication and support the day-to-day administration by collaborating with Finance, and the Recruitment Department to achieve the maximum operation impact, preserve time and boost efficiency.

Wayne Kaplan

Interim CFO

Palesa Phetla

Journey Advocate - Audit

Palesa is a Human Capital expert with 5 years of HR Generalist experience. She obtained her BA Communications degree from the University of Limpopo. She is a passionate HR professional who understands the people dynamic and supports individuals to embrace their talents as well as be a better version of themselves, leaving people feeling empowered.

Stan Kobrin

Technical Product Manager

Micara Marajh

Business Analyst

Micara completed her BSc in Computer Science Honours at the University of Cape Town. She has 2+ years experience as a Business Analyst in the Financial Services industry. She loves finding interesting and exciting ways of leveraging technology to solve problems. She is passionate about developing technical solutions in order to meet business needs.

Darren Isaacs

Founder & CEO

Darren is on a mission with his team at Makosi to change the way public accounting firms deliver work. This requires our clients to go global and on-demand with resourcing strategies, operate virtually as well as forge automation and data analytics strategies. His mantra is "get your hands dirty, figure things out, keep it simple and never give up."

Carly Choffo

Marketing Manager

Carly is an experienced marketing and business development professional with over 4 year's experience building brands and driving business growth. Carly is passionate about creating meaningful and insightful content for our clients, helping them take advantage of opportunities and thrive in challenging business environments.

Jean de Villiers

Engagement Manager

David Madden

Key Account Vice President

David is an entrepreneur and considers himself lucky to have been a leader in multiple 8 figure revenue businesses. His passion is in solving problems, creating win-win partnerships, and realizing the positive impact organizations can have on people, both inside and outside their businesses.

Nadia van Coller

Quality Assurance Software Tester

Nadia is a Quality Assurance Software Tester who is passionate about ensuring that high quality software solutions are delivered to business stakeholders in supporting daily operations. The QA world is not just about finding defects, but also about ensuring that the developed product will be effective and meet the needs of business stakeholders, while ensuring that new developed features can co-exist and complement current product and processes. As a QA, it is therefore critical for Nadia to think outside of the box, understand business needs and ensure that use scenarios are catered for and met while following the correct and valued processes in the Software Testing Life Cycle.

Aneesa Beeky

Journey Advocate - Audit

Aneesa’s passion for working with auditors and accountants can be traced back to 2006. She brings over 15 years of experience to her role, including mentoring over 250 young professionals embark and complete their dream of becoming qualified auditors/accountants. Her ethos is, undoubtedly, her dedication and passion for adding a personal touch to each of their journeys in order to make their experience rewarding, memorable, and fun, whilst encouraging and supporting each individual to be the best version of themselves. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and is currently completing her Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources Management.

Taryn Hickman

Fulfillment Specialist

Taryn is a highly experienced recruiter with 13+ years of experience within the Finance niche. She holds a BA degree in HR & Industrial Psychology and is a ISPr APSO member. She has won multiple awards throughout her career and thrives on building and maintaining strong relationships in both internal and external teams, in order to achieve optimal results, for Makosi and our clients. 

Mandy Crighton

Timesheet Administrator

Mandy is an efficient, organized and structured professional who believes in delivering results. Her goal-oriented approach coupled with her vast experience has helped her excel in her field. She holds over 10 years of experience in the HR & Finance environment and her fierce approach to organization is what makes her a cut above the others in her field.

Megan Nicholson

Talent Specialist - TAS

A driven and resourceful individual, Megan holds qualifications in both Psychology and Marketing. Megan is passionate about people and aiding in the development of strategies that will best further them towards their short and long-term career goals. With a background rooted in TAS & Professional Services Recruitment, a vast network and knowledge of the industry, Megan believes that people are the most important aspect of any organization's success and advancement.

Mankwe Motimele

Marketing Coordinator

Mankwe is a passionate Marketer and Entrepreneurship Enthusiast with experience in Marketing, Program Management, Small Business Development and Office/Legal Administration. She is incredibly passionate about accelerating change in marginalized communities and lives by the mission to discover, share and amplify impact. Before joining Makosi, she worked with over 65 Small Businesses and 10 Non-Profit Organizations, helping them identify growth opportunities and amplify their impact through innovative Marketing and Strategy solutions. She holds a BCom degree in Marketing Management, and an Honours in Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management.

Dipen Nagindas

Talent Specialist - Audit

Dipen has a background in business and audit/accounting spanning over 10 years. He brings unique insight in identifying the perfect talent to serve our clients based on their needs. He takes immense pride in meeting deliverables and allowing professionals around him room to grow.

Seth Gordon

Engagement Manager - Audit

Seth is a Chartered Accountant and former EY audit manager, with 4+ years of external and digital audit experience. With his varied industry experience gained on multinational audits in the manufacturing, real estate and technology sectors, Seth is able to thrive in high-pressure, deadline-driven environments, where he helps our audit teams successfully deliver on challenging and complex audits.

Riona Raghunundhun

Staff Accountant - US

Riona loves working in finance and the challenges that come with it. She’s a chartered accountant with 14 years of work experience which ranges across the Accounting, Auditing and Tax industry who is passionate about finance and is always eager and willing to learn and grow. Riona has gained both functional and operational finance experience while working as a financial manager in a Logistics corporate environment and finds meaning in her ability to get tasks done, to honor commitments and deadlines while ensuring that the right activity delivers tangible results.

Bongeka Mswenya

Benefit Administrator

Thea Grove

Deployment Manager - TAS

Thea is a very professional individual who strives to ensure that every project she is working on is delivered to her client's exact requirements and expectations. Her knowledge of the different TAS specific skills sets her apart in delivering to the client their exact needs. Thea has a positive nature to make this working world within Makosi a place everyone wants to be. Thea has experience in corporate M&A, commercial due diligence, corporate restructuring, workshop facilitation, training, research, strategic workforce planning, project management and resource deployment to name a few. Her expertise lies within deployment, mediation, account growth and strategic workforce planning.

Sarah Tarr

Product Designer

Michelle Beetge

Timesheet Administrator

Diligent, delightful and dedicated, Michelle brightens our operations as our Timesheet Coordinator. She has 19 years of experience and a background in Administration, Finance and Sales and it shows in her commitment to performance and improvement of Consultant timesheets and billing. She approaches all aspects of her expertise with a professional working mindset and her passion to succeed is driven by everything that she does and believes that to be successful the first thing to do is to fall in love with your work.

Kevin Kletz

Strategic Finance

Kevin is an experienced finance and operations executive with a varied industry background including real estate, sports & entertainment and financial services. He ensures that our teams are able to consistently deliver to our clients in a compliant and effective manner.

Rene Oostendurp

Talent Acquisition Lead - Internal

Rene is an experienced senior talent enthusiast with over 14 years recruitment experience. Rene has gained experience in building and growing strategic talent sourcing capabilities which includes talent mapping expertise and talent insights. She also has vast experience in managing and growing new teams, project managing innovative recruitment solutions as well as learning and development. She is an advocate for aligning your talent strategy to the new ways of working as well as skills of the future and has a special interest in collaborative intelligence - Human, technology, and AI.

Mishkah Wiener

Journey Advocate - Audit

Mishkah is skilled in Marking, having marked Financial Accounting, Taxation and Management Accounting on various levels. Having worked in the audit industry for the past 3 years, she knows what it takes to succeed at Makosi. Mishkah is an accomplished and experienced Senior Auditor with a demonstrated history of working in different industries with a heavy focus in Manufacturing and Financial Services.

Estelle Naidoo

PHP Support Developer

Estelle completed her BSc in Computer Science and IT at the University of KwaZulu Natal. She has 3 years’ experience as developer and worked as a PHP developer at one of South Africa’s leading capital markets research firm. Estelle is passionate about technology and finding new ways to improve business with fresh, more efficient solutions.

Winnie Mosidi

Journey Advocate - TAS

Winnie is a registered Industrial Psychologist whose short career of 6 years has been a diverse & exciting one in the financial industry. She attains lecturing, project change management, HR & Organisational Development experience where she focused on HR all centres of excellence work & OD work. Her love for attaining diverse knowledge & experience had enabled her to grasp to help build organisations become great places to work. She is passionate about organisational effectiveness and being part of people’s journey to growth.

Kevin Johnson

Community Manager: TAS

Kevin is an experienced recruiter and specialist consultant with 7 years of recruitment experience specifically gained in Financial Markets with 2 of the largest and most successful recruitment agencies in South Africa. He has won numerous awards across both firms and successfully consulted to some of the largest Investment firms on the continent and has also built out a successful division which is still thriving today. His unique experience and exposure is perfectly positioned to guide candidates around why the TAS team will provide them with the right exposure to amplify their career for the future.

Graham Paulsen

Chief Operations Officer (COO) People

Graham is an experienced recruitment manager with over 10 years of expertise, the bulk of which was acquired at South Africa's largest specialist recruitment firm. He has grown and lead teams across the Finance, IT and Risk fields and received various awards and accolades as a recruitment specialist and manager. He holds a BCom Marketing Management from the University of Pretoria and an ISPr designation with APSO.

Lerato Monyane

Marketing Coordinator

As a brand and marketing enthusiast, Lerato carries her brand building foundation with the set of skills she has to operate marketing ideas in a creative dynamic. The epitome is to develop realistic and integrated brand communication plans as well as objectives to drive the concept of strategic marketing.

Stephanie Bührer

Change Manager

As a change specialist and people enthusiast who thrives on undertaking new challenges, Stephanie uses her experience in Marketing, Research, Project and Change Management, to craft out-of-the-box solutions that work. With a background in management consulting, her focus is on using innovation and insights to ensure that positive, enduring behavioural and cultural changes are achieved so that we can continue to help our clients achieve new heights and create more room to grow.

Eveshen Naidoo

Senior Manager - TAS

Eveshen joined our team after several years of service at one of South Africa's big four auditing firms. He is qualified CA(SA) with PGDA in Accounting and Honors in Finance from UKZN and UCT who has led several teams throughout the Financial Due Diligence life cycle. An experienced Transaction Advisor with nine years of professional expertise, Eveshen spends his downtime exploring the mountains and visiting restaurants around Cape Town

Bryony van Zyl

Employee Experience and Culture Manager

Bryony has spent the last 5 years as the HR & Talent lead for the Johannesburg cluster of Publicis agencies. Prior to that she was a Business Unit director in Client services for an ad agency. Bryony has extensive experience working with people, helping businesses solve human capital challenges, curating employee experiences, and building strategic projects that create end-to-end solutions.

Palesa Dibakwane

Talent Specialist - Audit

Palesa is a finance recruitment specialist from one of South Africa’s largest recruitment firms. She holds an Honours in Business Management from University of Pretoria and an ISRr designation with APSO. Her greatest passion is helping people and being a solution to her world. She has a large social media following where she is dedicated to motivating people to reach their goals.

Adriaan van der Hout

Engagement Manager - Audit

An experienced Audit Manager with experience in among others, the following sectors: Pharmaceutical, manufacturing, energy, media and financial services. He has exposure on a local and international level, gaining invaluable experience in London and Amsterdam before returning to South Africa. He has a passion for managing, coaching and working in diverse and dynamic team environments while delivering high quality output on projects. Adriaan finds meaning in making connections and growing client relationships.

Allison Visagie

Journey Advocate - Audit

Allison has over 5 years extensive experience within HR. She has completed her honours in Bcom Human Resource Management at North - West University and started her career at one of South Africa’s largest Financial Services companies. Her focus has been in performing skills audits, change management initiatives, and organizational design, both in the public and private sector. The consulting environment has allowed her to enhance her skill set and establish herself as an experienced management associate.

Leana Marais

Head of Operations and Special Projects

With a track record of successful operational execution at an executive level, Leana is well equipped to develop innovative plans across all facets of the business to meet strategic goals. She is a progress-driven planner adept at developing and leveraging relationships, cultivating high performing teams and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Udisha Mohangi

Talent Specialist - TAS

A true passion for people and purpose, Udisha holds an Honors Degree in Human Resources and is an experienced Talent Specialist. Majority of her experience lie in finance recruitment across various industries including Financial Services, Banking, Manufacturing, FMCG, Retail, Mining, Pharmaceuticals and Logistics. Not only is Udisha top talent, but she is also able to mentor, lead and train top talent in the recruitment industry in her unique and humble approach. More recently she has gained exposure in head hunting and securing exceptional talent for her clients internationally and exposing her top candidates to great career opportunities within the African, United States and European markets. Her strategic mindset allows her to analyze the business enabling her to streamline processes and contribute greatly as a Talent Partner to any organization.

Robert Betts

Community Manager - Audit

Robert is a career consultant to Chartered Accountants with global experience within international consulting groups based in UK, South Africa, Bermuda and Cayman Islands. With more than 10 years’ combined experience in the accounting and recruitment industry, he's uniquely placed to understand both the consultants and client by identifying top talent for our international client base.

Jaquie Otto

Talent Specialist - Audit

Jaquie is a driven recruitment professional with 11+ years in the industry. She is skilled in business growth and managing, leading, and coaching consultants to succeed in a highly competitive and corporate environment.  Jaquie holds qualifications in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Life Coaching. She is passionate about changing lives for the better and recruitment allows for the most purposeful way to achieve this. 

Tsholofelo Motlakeng

Talent & People Coordinator

Driven by the belief that a business should be run with a purpose, Tsholofelo has experience in both public and private sectors. As a keen learner and lifelong mind-expander she thrives in spaces that challenge and allow her to grow on a daily. Tsholofelo is a grounded administrative professional who is goal oriented and passionate about delivering results. She thrives in spaces that challenge and allows her to learn and grow on a daily. Tsholofelo has experience in both public and private sectors which she gained in one of the Big Four focusing on Diversity and Inclusiveness, Employee experience, L&D and Social corporate responsibility.

Frank Kosiba

Account Executive

Prior to joining Makosi, Frank worked in the BPO and SaaS space for more than 20 years helping large clients deliver professional services through technology and strategy. His relentless focus on sales, operations, and understanding macro-level business challenges has afforded him the opportunity to help organizations drive growth.

Ilya Gilman

Account Executive

Ilya is a seasoned business executive with over a decade of broad-ranging expertise in consulting, business strategy and risk management. He has led business development as well as strategy consulting and risk management initiatives at one of the Big Four Audit Firms, where he worked with F500 companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations on Corporate Responsibility and ESG initiatives. Ilya works with business leaders to help them achieve their strategic objectives. He focuses on implementing, outsourcing and on-demand resources solutions to drive growth and profitability.

Richard Fisher

Retired CHRO, EisnerAmper

Henriette Backstrom

DevOps Manager

Amy Josset

Employee Experience & Culture Co-ordinator

Amy is a highly organized and meticulous professional with 10 years’ experience within administration and procurement roles. She offers advanced planning and coordination skills, as well as expertise in optimizing processes, negotiating terms and managing documentation. Amy is committed to productivity and performance improvement and to provide a full capability offering in administration activities.

Cara Van Wyk

Fulfillment Specialist

Cara’s passion and motivations lie in facilitating people ascertain their goals and dreams. She has demonstrated this over many years in the recruitment space, with a vast network and knowledge in the accounting industry. She takes immense pride in her deliverables and finds satisfaction in the success of matching business requirements with her specialist fulfillment capabilities.

Joe Carlo

Account Executive

Award-winning sales and executive team leader, Joe Carlo, has nearly 3 decades of sales and sales management experience, having supported top companies across various verticals and around the globe. Joe leads by example and encourages others to do the same. His customer-centric approach allows his clients and teammates to achieve a higher standard of excellence in every mission. He proudly attained his Master of Arts degrees from Dominican and Iona Colleges, respectively, in the fields of Education and History. Joe’s customer-centric approach allows his clients and teammates to achieve a higher standard of excellence.

Robert Balcerski

VP Global Controller

With over 20 years of experience, Robert has the capacity to adapt to new challenges with a commitment to excellence. He uses his extensive knowledge in accounting practices and procedures to deliver accurate and timely results. He prides himself on his capacity to adopt new concepts with due responsibilities while leading and advising various challenges and tasks with his comprehensive knowledge on accounting practices and procedures, including AR, AP and GL. Robert’s diverse finance and accounting background has characterized him as a strong, comprehensive, and accurate planner who leads to improve productivity, growth, and profitability. Having directed several accounting and finance initiatives, including process improvements and enhancements through quality control and risk assessments, He has become a strategic thinker with exceptional problem solving, analytical, communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.

Jennifer Lebethe

Engagement Manager - Audit

Jennifer is a former Deloitte audit manager, with over 4 year's experience, having worked across various industries including financial services, manufacturing and technology in South Africa as well as in Boston, Massachusetts. When she's not managing high-performing audit teams for our clients, Jennifer helps drive Makosi's impact initiatives forward.

Ilan Davimes

Chief of Staff

Ilan believes that anything is achievable with confidence, a never-give-up attitude and smart hard work. He’s lived a colourful life of adventure and diversity playing music, meeting people, and taking part in an eclectic mix of traditional and extreme sport, travelling to exotic destinations around the world. He has founded and managed companies in multiple sectors including Finance, Cellular, Jewlery Manufacturing and Tech Start-ups. Ilan is a quintessential entrepreneur at the core and is always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to bring innovation to the forefront. It’s with this fuel, he believes, together with his colleague’s extraordinary and diverse attributes, they will drive Makosi to be an unstoppable force for good. Needless to say, it’s for these and a kaleidoscope of other reasons that make Ilan the perfect chief of staff at Makosi.

James Hickey

Former PKF UK CEO

Jason Naidoo

Engagement Manager - Audit

Jason is a Chartered Accountant and former EY Manager from the professional practice group. He specialized in consultations on technical matters, project management, liaising with regulators as well as the learning and development of various levels of staff. Jason has experience in auditing various industries in South Africa as well as in the manufacturing and distribution sector in the US, Minneapolis. Being innovative and results driven, he is great with collaborating and building relationships to facilitate an exceptional client experience.

Mandy Human

Fulfillment Specialist

Mandy is an experienced recruiter with over 10 years expertise. The majority of her experience was acquired at South Africa’s largest specialist recruitment firm. She has experience across the finance function and has received many awards and accolades as a recruitment specialist. She brings her experience and unique insights to the talent team, ensuring that Makosi delivers exceptional talent and an unparalleled experience for our clients.

Marlé Weideman

Fulfillment Specialist

Marlé is an experienced Recruiter with over 7 years of expertise, mainly within the financial recruitment space. After completing her bachelor’s in commerce in Financial Management she started her articles and soon discovered her passion for people, and this is when recruitment found her. As a recruiter, she is passionate about changing people lives and maintaining strong relationships to ensure optimal results are achieved for Makosi and our clients.

Anna Thornberry

Client Success Manager

Insightful, passionate and incredibly experienced, Account Manager Anna is our expert in strategic consulting and problem solving with creativity and flair. She’s spent the last 10 years working alongside various auditing firms, helping them to achieve their long- and short-term goals, to make sense of their chaos and to provide valuable and constructive feedback to partners.

Kgaogelo Masemene

Talent Specialist - Audit

Kgaogelo has a passion for working with people and she has followed that passion by joining the Talent Acquisition space. Her journey in Talent Acquisition dates back 14 years, between Deloitte and PwC. She is passionate about the development of others and helping our community members live their potential.

Ashleigh Forster

Lead Business Analyst

As a business analyst you need to be comfortable with the unknown and “making sense” in the chaos. Ashleigh ensures that requirements are clear from both the development team and the business stakeholder’s perspectives, so that we can deliver the best features to our users. She is passionate about optimizing process and bringing teams together to work towards a common goal.

Tim Bruno

CRO

Bhavir Govind

Project Manager

Bhavir, with 3+ years of experience in the financial and professional services industry, specializes in Insurance and Banking and is a Chartered Accountant who is a former auditor at one of the Big Four Auditing Forms. In leading various multinational audits, Bhavir has developed a skill set that goes beyond strategic and critical thinking. These skills, coupled with his hunger to excel as a business leader, has positioned him perfectly to manage Makosi’s special projects and other operational matters as part of the Makosi PMO team.

Grant Barnard

Front-end & UX Developer

Grant knows his way around WordPress development because he’s been doing it for over eight years. He’s fluent in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript frameworks like Bootstrap and Foundation. Grant has a passion for solving problems with clean and scalable solutions that are built with UX/UI at the forefront.

Jessica Makua

Engagement Manager - Audit

Jessica Makua is a young, driven, dedicated, and qualified CA who is passionate about community service. She started her young career as an Academic Trainee at Monash University, after which she joined one of the big 4 firms where she was granted early sign off and qualified as a CA in 2019. After qualifying Jessica took on a secondment to McLean, VA for a 5-months. She remained in the US for two years after which she relocated back to South Africa where she furthered her audit career within consulting firms. Jessica enjoys collaborating with team members and her drive and passion to deliver effective audit engagements with our clients is her number one goal.

Deepa Naik

PMO Administrator

Deepa is a highly organized administrator with over 12 years of experience in the Recruitment and IT Project Management space. We enjoy peace of mind with a Rockstar like Deepa as efficiency and effectiveness are always top of mind for her in every task that she takes on. Her exceptional reliability, quick skill-building and customer relations savvy have seen her rise through the ranks to manage the administrative responsibilities required behind the scenes to make operations and projects run smoothly and effortlessly. Deepa stands out through her consistent delivery of quality work, as well as in her innate ability to wrangle chaos into order.

Fortunate Ntombela

Talent Coordinator Fulfillment

Fortunate is an HR Professional, with Talent Acquisition experience from various sectors namely: Technology, Financial and Mining. She recently completed a BCom Honours Degree in Human Resource Management. She is passionate about people and assisting her team with finding top talent within the audit field.

Shane Minnie

Head of Infrastructure

Shane has over 25 years of IT management experience across the healthcare, education and retail sectors, with a focus on infrastructure, project management and operations. He is passionate about technology and using it to solve problems. Shane loves working with people and helping them achieve their goals.

Ana Fallon

Client Success Manager

Ana is a seasoned Client Success Manager and has worked with hundreds of clients to help them realize their goals and initiatives. She graduated from Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University with a Business Degree, with a concentration in marketing. Ana brings in-depth experience and a consultative approach to help audit leaders with workforce strategy and talent solutions.

Marco Pienaar

People Analytics Specialist

Marco is an experienced people professional with a background spanning across numerous industries throughout his consulting career. He is a self-motivated and critical thinking individual who is driven by people initiatives and data driven, fact-based problem solving. Marco brings with an innovative, people-focused, practical approach to Makosi's people strategies.

Kassidy Martin

Executive Assistant to Paul Emery

Kassidy is a detail oriented, list making enthusiast and self proclaimed perfectionist. These characteristics have lead her to a career heavy in her strengths as an executive assistant. She has spent a near decade organizing chaos as an EA and project coordinator, occasionally using her penchant for perfect grammar & punctuation on marketing and communication briefs.

Dewald Rupping

Engagement Manager - Audit

Chartered Accountant Dewald brings a wealth of audit knowledge and experience to Makosi. His passion for people and building meaningful relationships with teams and clients alike affirm his position as a true leader, innovator and chief of his craft. Dewald works brilliantly with diverse teams and encourages them as far as possible. He’s brilliant, focused on collaboration amongst team members and ensuring teams achieve quality results and believes in working collaboratively to achieve this.

Alla Schay

Global Chief Operating Officer

Alla Schay is a seasoned Executive with 28 years of experience in driving operational excellence, profitability, and client advocacy having held senior and strategic roles at Sterling, CT Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Alla joins Makosi having spent over 15 years at Sterling where she was a key member of Executive team that grew Sterling from $59M to a $700M+ global leader that went public in 2021. During her tenure Alla served as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Human Resource Officer, Chief Client Officer, and most recently as the General Manager. Across all roles held, Alla developed and implemented successful strategies to scale the company for growth, both organically and through strategic acquisitions. Alla earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology and Psychology from the College of William and Mary. She is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. Alla is guided by a firm belief that a business wins through enhancing client loyalty and her guiding principle is “take great care of your people and they will take great care of your clients – everything else will then fall into place”.

Corne Booysen

Talent Specialist - Audit

A recruiter with 22+ years' experience, Corne holds an Honours Degree in Industrial Psychology from the University from Pretoria. The majority of Corne’s experience has been in the recruitment industry, mainly in the South African market. She has consulted and led teams across the finance spectrum and gained experience in managing a team in the IT space. Corne is passionate about business, consulting, managing & empowering staff, and more recently, how to transform companies for the digital era.

Tatika Scullard

Fulfillment Specialist

Tatika joins Makosi with 12 years experience within Talent Acquisition, specializing in professional services. She is passionate about meeting client needs and delivering to make an impact. Her focus and authenticity has won her Best Company Representative in the graduate recruitment space and she brings this energy to the Makosi family.

Dana Naidoo

Product QA Manager

As a Chartered Accountant with 6+ years audit experience turned Product QA Manager, Dana is able to bring the same detail-orientated approach to quality assurance on Makosi's product releases as she's done on audit engagements. Dana is passionate about building technology that works as it should, and delivering tested, intuitive and user-friendly product to our clients.

Bhavisha Dheda

Senior Manager - TAS

Bhavisha is our Senior Manager in the Makosi Transaction Advisory Services, and she brings her fierce skills and spectacular experience in audit and financial due diligence in her role that focuses mainly on Valuations here at Makosi. Over the years in her career, she’s worked on dynamic projects in key sectors including Energy, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Retail, Technology, Construction, Mining, Logistics, and Financial Services. Bhavisha has performed various types of valuations including valuations for merger and acquisition (M&A) purposes, IFRS required impairment testing, identification and valuation of intangible assets for Purchase Price Allocation (PPA) purposes and fair and reasonable valuations.

Muhammed Ebrahim

Engagement Manager - Audit

Muhammed is a dynamic financial services professional with extensive experience in the Banking and Real Estate industries from his time at a big 4 firm and Luxembourg. He was also a member of the Financial Engineering Group at his previous company which specialises in the valuation and audit of financial instruments. He is passionate about information technology and has a working understanding of Python and T-SQL. Muhammed is an innovative individual who enjoys collaborating with team members in order to meet a common goal efficiently.

Ryan Najmulski

Account Executive

Ryan Najmulski has worked closely with audit, advisory, and financial services firms for over 8 years. After receiving his degree in marketing and finance, he lived in New York City and worked at a Fortune 500 company helping c-suite leaders with talent solutions. After New York City, Ryan lived in Bermuda and partnered with Big 4 and global reinsurance firms on projects and hiring related to accounting and finance initiatives. Ryan brings in-depth experience and a consultative approach to help audit leaders with workforce strategy and talent solutions. He currently resides in Denver, Colorado with his wife and red husky and is an outdoors enthusiast.

Mpho Kuenane

Talent & People Coordinator

Mpho is a skilled HR Generalist with 6+ years HR experience. She has worked in small to large organizations in the Hospitality, Financial and IT industries. Mpho completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management, both from WITS University. She is passionate about people and creating an amazing experience for our community members.

Jonas Viles

Senior Business Development Representative

Jonas is responsible for raising awareness of Makosi’s value proposition in the market and connecting industry leaders with the growth team, ultimately uncovering new opportunities for our consultants and new realities for clients. He’s easily excited by any opportunity to execute outreach tactics that offer the best client experience possible.

Karla Anderson

Client Success Manager

An experienced talent and relationship manager with eight years of client facing experience, including five years of external/internal recruiting, Karla Anderson’s specialty shines when it comes to working with global financial and technology organizations across the US. Her ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management, coupled with her interpersonal skills ensures successful client relationships and effective communication throughout the recruitment process. Karla is a true Rockstar! She has experience in managing teams on/offshore, training new staff, and developing relationships with new and existing clients through constant communication with hiring managers, and naturally champions the understanding of strategic projects and staffing strategies. In more recent account development achievement: Karla has started a new relationship with a high profile global data-warehouse company, who have subsequently named as their Number One external recruitment partner! Talk about a powerhouse!

Lance Adams

Fulfillment Specialist

Lance is a highly successful recruiter, with 6+ years' experience in the finance recruitment industry. He brings his experience and unique insights to the talent team, ensuring that Makosi delivers exceptional talent and an unparalleled experience for our clients.

Pieter Strydom

Head of Product

As a technology entrepreneur and former external auditor at Ernst & Young, Pieter uses his knowledge and experience to provide clients with technology they want. By leveraging industry leading product development practices, UX/UI design thinking, robotic process automation and AI, we’re building product to accelerate innovation in the audit industry.

Sudheer Singh

Senior Manager - TAS

Sudheer's career started in corporate finance advisory, equity research and private client fund management after completing his Masters in Business Administration. Can handle any task from analysis to due-diligence. He's an experienced finance specialist with a demonstrated history of success working in corporate finance advisory, equity research and private client fund management over the last 14 years. Sudheer is a strong professional with a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) focused on Strategy and Corporate Finance from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). Skilled in Analytical Skills, Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Valuations, Due-Diligence, Investments and Equity Research.

Dylan Janos

Talent Specialist - Audit

Dylan has a BCom degree in Economics and has passed CFA level 1. He strives to build and strengthen relationships via networking and connections. Dylan is invested in coaching and sharing his knowledge and skills with our community members as a Talent Specialist at Makosi. His professional and strong linguistic acumen allows him to engage with talent from all corners of the world.

Louani Bouwer

Talent Specialist - Audit

Louani is a skilled recruiter with over 8 years' experience gained with one of South Africa's largest specialist recruitment agencies. She specialized in the sourcing of Chartered Accountants as well as Account Management. She holds an ISP designation with APSO. Louani is passionate about guiding our consultants through the process and ensuring that they are client ready.

Shelby Wilson

Journey Advocate - Audit

Shelby is an experienced accounting professional with 5 years of audit experience, as well as 2+ years' experience as a Senior Accountant and Financial Manager. Her passion for working with people, coupled with her remarkable interpersonal skills and intimate knowledge of the journey of an accounting professional, makes her ideally placed to guide experienced and young professionals alike through their career with Makosi.

Farai Mrape

Full Stack Developer

Farai has been in the software engineering space for a long time. He is committed to continuous professional and personal development in everything he undertakes. He has a relentless drive to solve complex problems through simple intuitive technical solutions. Farai is a techie at heart, and passionate about all things empowerment.

Theo Matobo

Learning & Development Manager

Theo completed his articles at one of the big four Audit firms in 2018, he got an opportunity to be seconded to learning and development in his third year of articles, and this is where his passion for learning was reignited. After completing his third year he was given an international L&D secondment opportunity to Germany and after the secondment he permanently joined the firms L&D department. Theo also joined another firm where he wanted to explore a different industry and took on more of a technical training role. He is passionate about making learning happen for everyone, accounting and auditing.

Samiksha Sukdeo

Journey Advocate - Audit

Samiksha has 7 years of overall HR experience in various organizations, with 3 years of HR experience at one of the largest multinational consulting firms. She has an Honours Degree in Industrial Psychology and is an outgoing individual that is goal driven and people focused. Her passion for working with people coupled with her strong industry knowledge makes her the ideal candidate to work together with our employees to help them achieve their personal and career objectives.

Firdows Suleman

VP Talent Acquisition

Firdows is a skilled Recruiter and Trainer with over 12 years recruitment experience, specializing in placing financial professionals. Her expertise lies in people strategy and implementation for success. Her motto is upskill, uplift and get the job done!

Oscar Whacha

Engagement Manager - Audit

Seasoned Chartered Accountant with over 5 years audit experience in South Africa and the UK. Kickstarted career in South Africa, gaining exposure in the automotive, distribution, technology and agricultural sectors. Oscar is very passionate about developing individuals who in turn lead to better performing teams. Highly experienced in successfully leading diverse teams across different geographic locations. A firm believer in helping people in and outside of the context of work and has a great desire to see people succeed.

Rhadwyn Moodley

Senior Manager - TAS

Rhadwyn is an accomplished CA(SA) with a wide range of experiences in financial due diligence, carve outs and providing SPA advise to make wise decisions. He has worked in many industries such as private equity, mining, TMT, manufacturing and retail and boats over 9 years of professional experience. Although he has a wide range of experience, his main areas of expertise is within Financial due diligence, carve outs and providing SPA advise in order to assist our clients makings a sound decision.

Dave Wells

VP of Marketing

Brand building, revenue generating market strategy and unpacking complex problems are just some of the key skills that Dave brings to Makosi. With his natural ability to decode intricate problems in a manner that aligns with customer demands and company objectives being just one of his vast and incredible skill-flexes, Dave believes that great product/services are only as good as the people who deliver them. We couldn’t agree more, Dave! Nice one!

Yashica Ishwarlall

Payroll Manager

With over 25 years of experience in the Hospitality, Motor, Clothing and Manufacturing Industries, Yashica is a passionate about people and driving efficiency. She’s at her happiest when she’s helping us build long lasting relationships. People are her passion and she is a true expert in driving efficiency in everything that she does. She thrives on a growing and everchanging environment and supports career growth through teamwork, commitment and being solution focused.

Jayson Temporas

Full Stack Developer

Jonathan Alamu

Scheduler

Experienced Human Resources Administrator and a Resource Planner with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Throughout his early career, he has focused on ensuring employee satisfaction through proactive development of relationships. He is looking to leverage this ability to build meaningful relationships as a Resource planner at a scaling company like Makosi. Jonathan is open to professional growth and development in the field of Human Resources as it is his goal to be an expert in the field.

Ahmed Saheb

Engagement Manager - Audit

Ahmed has over 6 years of external audit experience within the Financial Services sector. He has also worked in Luxembourg where he gained international audit experience within the Real Estate sector. Ahmed is passionate about learning and development and ensures that audit teams are well equipped to run efficient audits with exceptional client delivery. Ahmed is a problem solver who thrives in high-pressure environments and works well with diverse teams to achieve quality results.

Darryl Kletz

Data Analyst & PowerBI Developer

Data savant and entrepreneur Darryl is an established finance and analytics professional with a range of experience in sectors including Banking, Tech, Telecoms and iGaming. A Chartered Account by profession, Darryl co-founded and ran a Satellite Telecommunications company, before using this foundation to transition into helping businesses with their analytics. His 10+ years banking experience, together with management and data knowledge, provides a solid platform to understand the needs of Makosi and our partners when it comes to the actionable insights that allow for data-driven decisions. He’s a natural fit for Makosi and brings his passion for making sense of data to the boardrooms, making him a key driver of transformation and visualization across the board.

Jaymal Nagar

Talent Specialist - TAS

Jaymal is an experience and dedicated talent professional with over 5 years of recruitment experience at one of South Africa’s top recruitment agencies. During his time Jaymal focused on building and growing his network on the finance and accounting sector. His expertise lies within Sourcing and Head-hunting professionals in the market, engaging and closing through a solid methodology.

Reneilwe Maapola

Global Mobility Specialist

Reneilwe has extensive experience in international mobility and immigration and brings a unique combination of talents to the global mobility team including strategic leadership, innovative problem solving, and structured project management. Reneilwe has 7+ years in HR services and started her career with an international NGO, gaining experience working at a global immigration firm and a leading FMCG company. Reneilwe holds an honors degree in Public Management from the University of Johannesburg. She is passionate about creating positive employee experiences and supporting talented professionals while they are on global assignments.

Tanya Aab

Talent Specialist - Audit

Tanya is a skilled finance recruiter, with a passion for people. Her skill set in aligning finance professionals with the right career opportunities was gained with one of the largest listed recruitment agencies in South Africa, having sourced for roles in audit, forensic specialists, utilities, and finance lecturers. Her experience comes from various industries, including fashion, where she has created and developed her own fashion brand. She brings an element of professionalism and a need in investing in our long-term relationships with our clients.