Chris Meyer (MCom, CA (SA))
Chris acquired extensive knowledge and experience in his 12 years as a qualified Chartered Accountant in a number of challenging managerial positions. Upon completion of his articles at the accounting and auditing firm, Theron Du Toit (Clients included Technicon SA, Trust Bank, Simba and Vetsak) he was promoted to an assistant manager, before joining the head office of the South African Department of Finance for compulsory national service. During this period, Chris managed to acquire extensive specialised tax structuring knowledge and completed a Masters degree in Business Administration on a part time basis. He was appointed director of a number of subsidiaries in the Sechold Limited Group in July 1993 (acquired by Investec Bank Limited in March 1994). As a structured finance team he and Lourens van Rensburg successfully structured investment products for institutions and corporate clients. Their portfolio of investments progressively grew into a few hundred million by early 1995 and the subsidiaries under their management contributed materially to the group's net income.
Following on the success in the corporate world Chris ventured out to form the Indequity group with his colleague Lourens van Rensburg in May 1995. Through hard work and determination they, together with their dedicated team of employees, grew the business over the next couple of years into a niche financial services group. They listed the group at the end of 1998 on the Development Capital Market of the JSE Securities Exchange. Chris is currently an executive director of Indequity Group Limited and in addition to holding numerous directorships in the group he actively manages the Investments Division.
In addition to his Masters degree, Chris also received BCom (Accountancy) and BCom (Hons) degrees from RAU. He qualified in 1988 and was admitted as a Charted Accountant to the South African Institute of Charted Accountants in 1991 on completion of his articles.
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