Themba is a highly sought-after consultant, author and speaker with more than 16 years financial services experience gained in South Africa and at least five countries in Southern Africa. He is a Chartered Accountant, an MBA graduate, an FRM (Financial Risk Management) holder and a member of the CFA Institute based in America. He is also a member of the World Future Society and Association of Professional Futurists.
Themba holds a first class Bachelor of Accountancy degree and has received numerous awards for academic excellence. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2000 and has worked as a Senior Manager at KPMG specialising in the audit of financial institutions. During this time, Themba worked part- time as a tutor in Finance for the Henley Management College MBA programme and also presented many courses in finance and management for some of the top corporate training companies in South Africa in both the private and public sectors. In recent years, Themba has worked with Duke Corporate based in America to deliver training programmes to executives of the largest platinum mining company in the world. From 2008 to 2013, Themba worked for the Barclays Africa Group Limited (previously Absa Group Limited) as a Capital and Balance Sheet Management Specialist and held positions within the Group, of Head of Retail and Business Bank Balance Sheet Management and Treasurer for Absa Retail and Business Bank.
Themba has handled the following consulting assignments:
Themba is married to Taffy and the couple have been blessed with three boys. Themba is an active member of the Toastmasters organisation where he has participated and excelled in countless speech contests and acted as a mentor to a number of clubs.