From CFO to Financial Accounting Services CEO
Former African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation (AEMFC) CFO Ayanda Mafuleka has been appointed as the new CEO of the Financial Accounting Services Seta (FASSET). CFO South Africa chatted to her about the transition.
How does it feel going from being a CFO to a CEO?
I have been in the public sector for most of my 16-year career. So moving from CFO to CEO has not been big of an adjustment yet for me because the position is still in the public sector. As a CFO I reported to a CEO so I have a bit of an insight of what is expected of me as a CEO. I feel encouraged and humbled to be entrusted with such an important mandate and role that the SETA I lead plays.
What excites you about your new role?
“I myself a beneficiary of Fasset and I qualified as a chartered accountant through some initiatives funded by FASSET. I am passionately looking forward in delivering on the NDP goals on education and a skilled workforce that will contribute to the economy. Personally nothing will be more gratifying than seeing more previously disadvantaged learners entering the finance and accounting sector known to a sector for the elite!”
“Being part of the CFO SA family has greatly empowered me and has prepared me for my move to CEO because I understood then when I was a CFO that I was not just a number cruncher but needed to be a visionary and a strategist! This has prepared me for my new role as a CEO.”