Andile Khumalo, A seasoned entrepreneur and Chartered Accountant (SA)

Andile Khumalo is a seasoned entrepreneur and Chartered Accountant (SA) with over 20 years of finance & business experience. He is the Founder & CEO of KhumaloCo, a family investment office with interests in 8 businesses in Technology, Media, Marketing, Hospitality & Property.

In 2013 Andile founded & is still Chairman I AM AN ENTREPRENEUR a skills development practice that helps entrepreneurs grow their businesses & managed Enterprise & Supplier Development Programmes on behalf of South African corporates.

He serves as non-executive Chairman of portfolio companies Brave Group, Quizzical Pictures and Ince, as well as Co-Founder of the Sanlam Gauge, an annual research study of sectoral performance of the South African economy on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE).

Andile started his career at Deloitte and in 2002 joined Investec as an investment banker before starting his first business and ultimately joining MSG Afrika in 2007. After spending 11 years as a shareholder and COO in the firm, he exited the business in May 2018.

Andile has served in various non-executive roles over the years, including as a member of the Takeover Regulations Panel, a member of the Directorate of Market Abuse, a director of South African Airways, and President of The Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants of Southern Africa (ABASA).

He regularly writes and speaks on Entrepreneurship, Transformation, Leadership and Doing Business in South Africa. (source: www.khumalo.com)