Younaid Waja

Younaid is a  tax and business consultant and an independent director of JSE companies and serves and has served as a member of audit, risk, social and ethics, remuneration and investment committees. He has extensive experience across a range of business sectors including telecommunications, property, asset management, gaming, motor and transportation, and economic growth facilitation. He has also  served as a director of various public sector and JSE companies. He was a senior partner and executive chairman of APF Chartered Accountants Inc., a consortium of black auditing and accounting firms. During his career he served as chairman of the Public Accountants and Auditors Board (PAAB, now IRBA); vice president of the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants of Southern Africa (ABASA); an executive member of the Black Business Council (BBC); and a member of the Income Tax Court.