Meet 47-Year-Old Ruwayda Redfearn, The
First Female CEO Of Deloitte Africa

Deloitte LLP appointed its first female Black chief executive officer to lead its African unit.

Ruwayda Redfearn succeeded Lwazi Bam on June 1, when he exited after a nine-year stint as CEO and 28 years with the accounting firm

Redfearn, 47, started her career at Deloitte as a trainee in 1997 and worked in both the KwaZulu-Natal province and New York offices before leaving the company to serve as chief financial officer of Grindrod Trading Ltd.

In 2012, according to her LinkedIn profile. She returned to Deloitte in 2015 to take up a role as managing partner and has served as the chairwoman of the company’s Africa unit.

Congratulations Ruwayda Redfearn , we celebrate this milestone with you.

Source:Female Founders Initiative Africa

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