Dries Ferreira CA(SA)

Group FM - CFO designate at Astral Foods Ltd.
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, ZA
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Afrikaans Full professional proficiency
  • German -

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Experience

    • South Africa
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Group FM - CFO designate
      • Jan 2022 - Present

    • South Africa
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Non Executive Director
      • Sep 2016 - Present

      This business' objective is to act as independent reviewer on behalf of management teams, financiers and/ or private equity holders where professional management of exposures/ assets are not rendering satisfying results. WellCapital acts as turnaround interventionists or can be deployed to strengthen management team in the short to medium term. This business' objective is to act as independent reviewer on behalf of management teams, financiers and/ or private equity holders where professional management of exposures/ assets are not rendering satisfying results. WellCapital acts as turnaround interventionists or can be deployed to strengthen management team in the short to medium term.

    • Netherlands
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • CFO (West Central Europe, Iberia and UK)
      • May 2021 - Jan 2022

    • South Africa
    • Real Estate
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chief Financial Officer
      • Sep 2016 - Jan 2022

      Newpark Real Estate Investment Trust Lined is listed on the AltX board of the JSE. Newpark Real Estate Investment Trust Lined is listed on the AltX board of the JSE.

    • Finance Executive - Turnaround Intervention & CFO introduction
      • Aug 2016 - Oct 2016

      Leading interventions on cash flow improvements as primary objective. Bank debt restructuring and alignment to cash generation of Group. Working capital health correction. Short interval response to changing market dynamic to protect liquidity positions. Advisory role on corrective actions required to return group to profit as well as core business structuring and advising on exit of non-core assets. Hand-over to CFO when appointed.

    • CFO of Distribution and Warehousing Network - Financial Director
      • Nov 2007 - Jul 2016

      Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director.

    • Group Financial Controller
      • Dec 2005 - Nov 2007

      Responsible for IFRS conversion of Listed Dawn Group. Developing financial models with the CFO for raising funding. Assisted in the financial integration of new acquisitions. Developed appropriate consolidation techniques. Implemented monthly financial reporting. Responsible for annual audit by external auditors and preparation of annual reports, annual financial statements and public reporting presentations.

    • South Africa
    • Packaging & Containers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Factory Controller
      • Dec 2004 - Dec 2005

      Full financial responsibility for manufacturing concern in the plastic packaging industry. Member of the executive management team reporting into the Astrapak directors. Experience includes the implementation of a new software package, reconstructing and audit-ready the financial records after a fire. Full financial responsibility for manufacturing concern in the plastic packaging industry. Member of the executive management team reporting into the Astrapak directors. Experience includes the implementation of a new software package, reconstructing and audit-ready the financial records after a fire.

    • Professional Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Trainee
      • Jan 2001 - Nov 2004

      Full experience from larger listed company audits to small owner managed businesses. Not limited to normal audit. Consumer industrial products and services focus. Full experience from larger listed company audits to small owner managed businesses. Not limited to normal audit. Consumer industrial products and services focus.

Education

  • Harvard Business School Executive Education
    Harvard Programme for Leadership Development (PLD), Business Administration and Management, General
    2008 - 2008
  • SAICA: South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
    CA(SA), Accounting and Finance
    2001 - 2004
  • University of Port Elizabeth
    Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Honours, Chartered Accountant (South Africa)
    1997 - 2000

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