Waldi Joubert, CA(SA)
Group Financial Director, Calgro M3 Holdings LTD

This  2018 is Waldi's first service  as an  esteemed judge of this competition. He is a Chartered Accountant CA (SA) and Group Financial Director of Calgro M3 Holdings Ltd, a JSE-listed group with Integrated Residential Housing Developments, Memorial Parks and Real Estate Investments at its core. He was appointed in June 2015, at the age of 29, after demonstrating his ability to provide leadership and strategic direction within this rapidly growing environment. He leads the group finance function, overseeing the annual report preparation of 36 group companies, technical accounting and tax structures, project feasibility structuring, human resources, information technology, and group treasury; whilst serving on various internal committees (investment; social and ethics; and investor relations committees). He is a very resourceful and entrepreneurial individual; gets excited about solving problems in a creative manner, and is very passionate about providing mentoring and leadership to everyone he interacts with.

Prior to taking up his current role, Waldi served as Group Financial Manager for 3.5 years, effectively positioning him as a long-serving member of the team that has been instrumental in transforming Calgro M3 into the biggest integrated residential developer in South Africa. Prior to this, he  completed his articles with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc in 2011 where he gained a wide range of knowledge across several different industries, mining equipment manufacturing, plastic products manufacturing,  property development and insurance.