Zola Luxolo Fihlani
Mr Zola Fihlani is the founding member, Chief Executive Officer at EVI Capital Partners. He is a former senior member of the Global
Loans team at Absa Capital and has over ten years' investment banking experience and 13 years banking experience. Formerly a
senior member within the Leveraged andAcquisition Finance team at Barclays Bank, SouthAfrican Branch; Mr Fihlani joinedAbsa
Capital in January 2006, following the $3.5 billion majority acquisition of Absa Bank Limited by Barclays Bank Plc. In Global Loans
atAbsa Capital, he was responsible for structuring and execution for Leveraged Finance deals.
Mr Fihlani is a former Marker for the qualifying examinations of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). He
qualified as a CA (SA) and is currently reading for his Doctorate Degree in Business Administration from the University of
Manchester Business School. He holds a B.Compt (Honours) degree in Accounting from the University of South Africa, a Masters
of Commerce degree in International Taxation from Wits University, a Higher Diploma in Tax Law and a Higher Diploma in
International Tax Law both from the University of Johannesburg.
GENERAL NEWS c o n t .
ProfAlex van der Watt
Alex van der Watt is an associate professor and Head of the Department of Accountancy at the
University of Johannesburg. He is a chartered accountant and holds a Masters degree in Financial
Management.
Alex previously served as a member of the main Board of the South African Institute of Chartered
Accountants (SAICA) and is currently a ministerial appointee to the Board of the Independent
Regulatory Board forAuditors (IRBA).
He also serves on the Initial Professional Development Committee of SAICA and the Educational
Committee of IRBA. He is passionate about the transformation of the accounting and auditing
profession and serves as a trustee of the Thuthuka Bursary Fund and also as a director of the
Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund.
Alex has presented at various conferences and has also published in accredited and non-accredited publications. He has also
published three books co-authored with his colleagues titled: Dynamic Auditing (B Marx, A van der Watt, and P Bourne); Applied
questions onAuditing (BMarx,Avan der Watt, M van Staden) and Fundamentals of auditing (BMarx,Avan der Watt, NSchonfeldt).
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