Scholtz Fourie

Founded and leads a Mauritius holding group building finance technology ventures and an advisory practice, including an AI-enabled CFO intelligence platform and cross-border travel payments.

Served as Group CFO and executive board member of a R10 billion travel and hospitality group, doubling EBITDA and executing approximately R1 billion in cross-border acquisitions.

Led finance and IT for a high-volume travel booking and payments business, sponsoring a cloud ERP implementation that delivered 15% recurring cost savings and building a world-first supply chain finance programme.

Grew Mauritius operations 4x to USD 200m, deployed Microsoft Dynamics AX in 90 days, and established a Group Procurement Council delivering up to 50% savings.

Structured cross-border business models and pricing, built the Mauritian treasury function with FX hedging, and drove compliance across Mauritius-Africa trade flows.

Managed QAD ERP implementation and standardised intercompany and third-party transaction flows across multiple countries, and developed creditor factoring and credit policies.

Built group-wide capital expenditure evaluation methodology, redesigned business processes, and introduced electronic audit working papers and financial reporting tools.

Managed external audit engagements to IFRS and managed the PAAB practice review with no findings.

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with coursework in World Trade Law, Tax Law, Banking Law, and International Transport Law.

Diploma in Transfer Pricing from the University of Johannesburg.

Honours BCompt and Certificate in the Theory of Accounting (CTA) from the University of South Africa.

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Pretoria.

Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)) qualification, passed Qualifying Examinations Parts I & II on first attempt.