KEVIN HOFF FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR HEAD FOR BANKING E: khoff@bdo.co.za T: +27 (0) 11 481 3008 Kevin has a 14-year demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry in South Africa and across the African continent. He is skilled in audit and consulting in the fields of banking, investment management, corporate treasury, stockbroking, financial risk management, financial engineering and related financial instrument accounting and fair valuations. Kevin leads the Financial Services division and Specialised Valuations Group across Gauteng for BDO South Africa. In additional to his wide financial sector knowledge and expertise, Kevin also has consulting experience in: designing hedging and market risk strategies for commodity, foreign exchange and interest rate risks, along with associated derivative fair valuations; and ALCO and market risk best practice reviews and benchmarking.
PIERRE JACOBS FINANCIAL SERVICES HEAD OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
LANCE SEPTEMBER FINANCIAL SERVICES HEAD OF FINANCIAL SERVICES CAPE TOWN
E: pjjacobs@bdo.co.za T: +27 (0) 21 460 6350
E: lseptember@bdo.co.za T: +27 (0) 21 460 6349
Pierre is the national Head of BDO Financial Services. He has 22 years’ experience in this sector, both in Audit and Advisory. He started his career at a big 4 audit firm in South Africa before moving to the UK where he spent seven years in their London office, carrying out work in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. Since 1997 Pierre has specialised in the areas of investment banking and stockbroking whilst in the UK. In the last fourteen years since his return, his client portfolio included major businesses in South Africa and the rest of Africa. During this period, he also performed audit and advisory work in other financial services sectors such as unsecured lending, corporate banking, asset management, corporate treasuries and credit. His client experience includes Nedbank, Old Mutual, Old Mutual Finance, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, RMB, Investec, Prescient Group and the Taquanta Group. Pierre is also heading up BDO’s Specialised Valuations Group which is specifically skilled in the valuation, audit and accounting of financial instruments, including derivatives and unlisted debt.
Lance has been in the profession for 21 years and during this time he has held various leadership positions. Lance has been an audit partner since 2005 and has worked across many sectors with the last 11 years specifically spent in financial services. His experience covers asset management, collective investments schemes, linked life insurance companies, private equity, hedge funds, REITs, medical schemes and retirement funds. His client experience includes inter-alia Old Mutual Investment Group, Prescient Group, Argon Asset Management, Futuregrowth Asset Management and he has acted as the concurring partner on Investec Asset Management, Taquanta Asset Management, Maitland Group, Efficient Group, Boutique Collective Investments, Budget Insurance Group, Old Mutual Insure and ABSAWealth, Investment Management and Insurance.
Qualifications: • CA(SA)
Qualifications: CA(SA) CFA
Qualifications: • CA(SA)
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