Although Ms. Willemina de Jager retired from an illustrious career in July 2018, she continues to apply her wealth of knowledge and experience in different roles professionally. She currently serves on the ASB Board as well as the management structures of Body Corporates of Sectional Titles and Retirement Villages. She also assists with the personal finances of her friends and family.
Her qualifications include:

• BCom Hons (Accounting Science)
• Certificate in the Theory of Accounting
• Training on an Executive Development Program
• MCom Management Accounting (Script only)

Her expertise and work experience include:

• Director of Operations at the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) from 2009 to 2018: She was responsible for the execution of the development of a workflow system for the full process of auditors’ interaction with IRBA. Part of her responsibilities included Human Resources, Facility Management, Risk Management and Supply Chain Management. IRBA achieved a clean audit report for these nine consecutive years.
• Head of Risk and Supply Chain Management, including Facilities at the Financial Services Board (FSB) from 2004 to 2009: Her responsibilities included Risk Management, Quality Management (Compliance with SABS ISO9001:2008), the development and implementation of a Supply Chain function, Performance Reporting and Compliance. Ms de Jager also served on several committees while at the FSB, including the FSB Pension Fund, FSB representative on the Committee for Auditing Standards, the Human Resources Policy Standard Committee and the Audit and Risk Management Committee.
• Project Manager: Conglomerate Supervision at the FSB from 1999 to 2004: She was responsible for the research and implementation of Conglomerate Supervision among insurance companies, banks and financial institutions.
• Other previous experiences include the role of General Manager at Nissan South Africa, Senior Lecturer at the School of Accountancy at the University of Pretoria and Senior Auditor at Deloitte Haskins and Sells in the London and Pretoria offices.

An interesting fact about Ms. de Jager is she enjoys traveling and has travelled to 115 countries (and counting).
Ms. de Jager was re-appointed for a second term as Board member at the ASB in March 2024. Access more information about the ASB Board here.