Dirk van der Merwe

Dirk van der Merwe served as the Group’s financial director from September 2010 to December 2015, working alongside the group CEO and instrumental in the company’s turnaround. He was re-appointed as Financial Director in February 2018.

In the interceding period he worked as a financial consulting and forensic investigation specialist. During this time, he was contracted as the Ecsponent Company Secretary from 1 June 2016, until the date of his reappointment as Ecsponent’s Financial Director.

Dirk van der Merwe is a qualified South African Chartered Accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) (non-practising).

Before joining Ecsponent in September 2010, he gained experience across a wide range of industries and organisations, which includes a decade at one of the big four international auditing firms. Dirk’s experience includes financial statement audits and financial reporting for a wide range of entities including publicly traded entities, governance and control assessments, assurance services for large IT projects, risk management and exposure to corporate finance disciplines.

He is a member of the Social and Ethics committee.