Sonja Kotze

As Chief Financial Officer, Sonja ensures that Living Goods is an excellent steward of the resources for which we’re entrusted. She oversees our accounting, procurement, facilities, governances, risk, compliance, grant management and internal audit functions. Sonja leads the team with passion to ensure that these functions provide effective and efficient support to our operations and enable us to be accountable to our donors. Sonja joined Living Goods as CFO in 2019 with more than 20 years of global experience in the private and non-profit sectors. In previous roles she has managed multi- and bilateral funding portfolios of more than $100 million. She holds a post-graduate degree in Financial Management, Strategy and Corporate Governance from the University of South Africa, and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town. Originally from Namibia, Sonja’s international experience includes work in the U.S., United Kingdom, and various African countries.