Gerhard S Barnard Cpa

Gerhard S Barnard, CPA, CMA has extensive work experience in various financial roles. Gerhard S currently serves as the Group Chief Financial Officer at Currency Exchange International since October 2022. Prior to that, they held the position of CFO & SVP at Olympia Financial Group Inc., Olympia Trust Company, Olympia Benefits Inc. & Exempt Edge Inc. from September 2007 to September 2022. Gerhard S also worked at Standard Bank, where they served as a Senior Financial Manager, Business Operations and later as the Head of Transactional Services, HR Shared Services. Their earliest role was as the General Manager of Operations & CFO at Coris Capital.

Gerhard S Barnard, CPA, CMA has an extensive education history starting with their completion of Grade 12 at Afrikaanse Hoer Seunsskool (Affies) in 1989. Gerhard S then went on to pursue a B.Com (Accounting) degree at the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria from 1990 to 1992, where they focused their studies on Accounting, Auditing, Management Accounting, and Taxation.

Continuing their education, Gerhard completed a Hons. B. Compt degree at the University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika from 1993 to 1994, further specializing in Accounting, Auditing, Management Accounting, and Taxation.

Seeking to expand their knowledge, Gerhard pursued a Postgraduate Certificate of Business Administration at Heriot-Watt University in 2007.

In 2008, Gerhard enrolled at the Certified Management Accountants (Canada) and obtained their CMA degree in 2010.

Finally, in 2015, Gerhard attended the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) program to further augment their professional skillset.

Overall, Gerhard S Barnard, CPA, CMA has consistently demonstrated a commitment to lifelong learning, improving their expertise in accounting, auditing, management accounting, taxation, and financial management.