Paddington is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants (ACCA). He is a passion driven individual who puts his heart into his work, lecturing comes as second nature to him. He is currently working as a Senior Audit Manager in a medium size audit firm called Levitt Kirson Chartered Accountants. Paddington is also a board member of a Non-Profit Organisation which focuses on child welfare where he serves as the Treasurer of the Board, previously he has worked in the banking industry in Zimbabwe, were he was involved in lending, debt recovery and compliance. He is currently lecturing ACCA- FM (F9) , Audit and Assurance and Advanced (AA-F7) Audit and Assurance (AAA-P7) & CIMA Financial Reporting Modules.

Fran­cis is an Asso­ciate of CIMA, ACMA, CGMA. He has worked in the Insur­ance indus­try in Zam­bia and for the First Rand Bank­ing Group, Wes­bank, as a Finan­cial Con­sul­tant for 5 years. He worked for The Envi­ron­men­tal Jus­tice Net­work­ing Forum as Finance & Admin­is­tra­tive Man­ager for 3 years as well as Man­age­ment Con­sul­tant for a vari­ety of asso­ci­a­tions in South Africa, Botswana and Zam­bia in the past 5 years. He lec­tures part-​time for Damelin, Mil­park Busi­ness School and Char­terQuest Finan­cial Train­ing Insti­tute and is a part-​time qual­i­fied exter­nal exam­iner, asses­sor and mod­er­a­tor. He cur­rently is Con­sult­ing Part­ner at Boaz Con­sult­ing, a spe­cial­ist account­ing and tax firm, in Johannesburg. He is currently lecturing ACCA PM & CIMA P1 & P2.

Basil is an accomplished and diversified Accounting Professional with more than 20 years’ experience within the financial management environment. He has worked for Old Mutual and MBCA bank(s) among others. He is currently working as Financial Control and Accounts Payable Manager for Cell C, a large telecommunications enterprise, which is based in South Africa. Basil has lectured in finance at several colleges since 2003. He is a qualified member of The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) and an affiliate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He currently lecturers CIMA P1 & P2 and ACCA PM (F5) & AA (F8).

Charles is a vibrant Chartered Accountant, with dual membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) and the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). Holds expertise in financial reporting, profitability/drivers analysis, financial modelling, financial &strategic planning, budgeting & forecasting, treasury management, external/internal audit management, tax planning/management, financial controls, management accounting, financial interpretation/IFRS with well-rounded experience in strategy development, change management, performance management, relationship management and business leadership. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder, a clear testimony of his dedication to financial excellence. With the CFA qualification, he has acquired additional skills for example financial modelling/analysis techniques, portfolio management, investment analysis, financial due diligence and derivatives. He started his career as a trainee accountant with KPMG Zimbabwe in 2001, and rose through the ranks. He passed all his CA exams first time and was a top ten candidate in all the three exam levels in Zimbabwe. Charles relocated to South Africa in 2005 and has held various management positions as Audit Manager, Senior Audit Manager, Tax Manager, Business Controller, and Financial Controller. Charles is currently a Senior/Group Finance Manager at Wits University with oversight over group financial reporting, working capital management, financial controls, corporate financing transactions, structured finance, financial risk management, and treasury/banking operations. Charles has passion for financial learning and he is a qualified trainer, assessor and strives for excellence. He has lecturing experience for some modules for CFA , ACCA, and CA Programs.

Qhubekani is a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA), a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ACA), a holder of a Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Financial Accounting (BCompt Unisa) and a Registered Public Accountant Zimbabwe (RPAcc Z). He has 25 years’ experience with blue chip multinationals in the Auditing Profession and Banking sector. Having spent 11 years in the Auditing Profession with Ernst & Young (Zimbabwe & South Africa) and formerly Coopers & Lybrand he worked with Zimbabwe Cricket as General Manager Cricket Operations before joining Standard Bank South Africa. He has extensive experience in the field of Finance and Auditing where he was a member of the Professional Practise Group (Ernst & Young) responsible for technical support and providing input to Technical submissions for ultimate submission to the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). He is an experienced lecturer having served with Forbes Level Baker, Damelin (Randburg), Professional Accountancy Training (PAT) and Charter Quest. His focus has largely been on Auditing and Finance. He is passionate about the ACCA professional qualification which he believes prepares scholars for a world of local and international possibilities. Qhubekani is currently lecturing ACCA - AAA (P7).