SAA announces c-level appointment

South African Airways has appointed Deon Fredericks as new interim chief financial officer.

The appointment is effective from October 15 and Deon will be on secondment from Telkom for a 12-month period. He takes over from Robert Head, whose contract as SAA interim cfo ended on September 30.

Deon is currently Telkom’s chief investment officer and was previously chief financial officer from September 2014 to July 2018. He has over 30 years’ experience working in blue-chip organisations and is a CA (SA), and a CIMA-qualified chartered global management accountant with an honours degree in accounting and business management.

In the next 12 months, SAA will initiate and finalise the recruitment process for the appointment of a permanent cfo.

source: T&M