Samantha Thomas

Samantha Thomas is an experienced compliance and audit professional currently serving as the Compliance and Audit Manager at Watchmaker Genomics since October 2023, where responsibilities include managing compliance and auditing for the WMG Group, leading policy development, and supporting financial operations. Prior to this role, Samantha worked at Fugro from July 2019 to September 2023 as the Statutory Reporting Manager for Africa and Tax Manager, focusing on tax reporting and adjustments. Samantha's earlier experience includes a managerial position at PwC South Africa from July 2015 to July 2019, where involvement in risk management tasks occurred, alongside work as a Senior Associate 2. Initial career experience as an Article Clerk at Braude Gordon & Co from January 2012 to June 2015 involved running audits and finalizing audit processes. Samantha holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science and two postgraduate diplomas in applied and advanced accounting sciences from the University of South Africa.