Johannesburg - State-owned transport and logistics company
Transnet has appointed Anoj Singh as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1
July 2012.
Singh will also be an executive director of the company
together with the Group Chief Executive.
Singh‚ a Chartered Accountant‚ holds a Bachelor of Accountancy
degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Durban
Westville - now University of KwaZulu-Natal.
In addition to attending various committees of the Board‚ he
will lead all aspects of the company’s financial strategy‚ including adherence
to the highest standards of governance and internal controls‚ manage all
financial risks and oversee the company’s funding and capital investment
programmes. As CFO‚ he will also be responsible for the procurement function
which includes Transnet’s supplier development initiatives and broad-based
black economic empowerment‚ the company said on Monday.
He has been Acting Chief Financial Officer of Transnet since
2009.
He joined Transnet in 2003 as a Senior Financial Manager at
Freight Rail - the company’s biggest division - before moving on to become
General Manager: Group Finance.
Before joining Transnet‚ he worked for food retail group
Spar and the auditing firm‚ Deloitte & Touche where he was accountant in
charge of some of the firm’s biggest accounts‚ including Tongaat Hulett‚ Sappi‚
and McCarthy Motor Holdings.