Accounting Standards Board Newsletter #2

Sandiso Gcwabe was appointed as a Board member in March 2024.

He is a Chartered Accountant [CA(SA)] and is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Wesgro. Prior to this role he was the Chief Financial Officer at the Western Cape Liquor Authority and a Financial Manager at the Saldanha Bay Municipality.

Mr. Gcwabe is the Non-executive Director of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation and a trustee of the Khayelitsha Youth & Community Centre (KYCC) Trust. He also served as the Deputy Chairperson of the SAICA Southern Region Public Sector Committee.

He has a track record of excellence in leadership in the public sector and is the 2021 and 2022 Association for Advancement of Black Accountants of Southern Africa (ABASA) Public Sector CFO of the Year award winner.

He is passionate about the public sector and appreciates its importance for the realisation of the South Africa as envisaged in the Constitution. “The career choices I have made were informed by a passion for acquiring skills and utilising them to serve organisations whose objectives are primarily focused on improving lives and livelihoods of others”, he says.

Mr. Gcwabe is one of five new Board members at the ASB. Access more information about the ASB Board here.