Chief Financial Officer
Mr Otto Steyn holds a B.com honors in Accounting and Auditing and a Certificate in Theory of Accounting in 1989 and 1990 respectively from the Free State University, South Africa. He is a Chartered Accountant (SA) with a registered profile with the South Africa Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). He started his working career in 1990 with Price Waterhouse and later joined the service of Loctite South Africa (Pty) Ltd as a Financial Manager between August 1996 and September 1998. When Loctite worldwide was acquired by the Henkel in 1998, Loctite South Africa was integrated into Henkel South Africa (Pty) Ltd and he joined the Company as a Financial Accountant. In 2002 he became Group Financial Manager and joined the local executive committee as Head of Finance. On the financial managerial cadre, he developed financial well-being of the organization by providing financial projections and accounting services, preparing growth plans and directing accountabilities. Based on his performances in developing improvements and effective monitoring of financial performances, he was appointed the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Henkel South Africa (Pty) Ltd in 2006 and had the added responsibility of Compliance Officer from 2008. He also doubled as the CFO and President Sub-Saharan Africa Group of the Company between 2010 and 2013. In June 2014, Otto was appointed to the position of CFO at the Easigas (Pty) Ltd (a company jointly owned by Rubis Energie, France and Realite Gaz, South Africa). In September 2019 Otto joined Ringardas Nigeria Ltd as CFO in charge of Finance, IT and Administration. As a Chartered Accountant with a range of exposure in his career, he has a good knowledge of staying abreast to any changes in financial management strategies.