Jaco Maritz
Full Name: Jaco Maritz
Position: CFO of SYSPRO Corporate
Main Activity of the Company: SYSPRO is an enterprise resource planning software company
Date and Place of Birth: December 13, 1973, Vereeniging
Education: BCom (accountancy), University of Pretoria (UP), 1994; BCompt (Hons), University of South Africa, 1995; CA (SA), 1999; executive management development course, UP, 2002
First Job: Articled clerk, KPMG
Career History Prior to Current Position: I started out at Absa IT before moving to AST (Gijima) and then on to SilverBridge Holdings, (an AltX-listed financial services software company), after which I joined SYSPRO
Size of First Pay Packet: R1 950 a month as a first-year articled clerk at KPMG
First Job with Present Group: Current position
Value of Assets under Your Control: Not stated
Number of People under Your Leadership: SYSPRO has more than 500 employees globally
Management Style: Open-door and collaborative
Personal Best Achievement: I am happy where I am in life and satisfied with the path that brought me here
Professional Best Achievement: Working for a company like SYSPRO
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My wife
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: I have been privileged to always work for great leaders, each of whom has taught me something different
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: I would have loved to meet former President Nelson Mandela
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: All the South African businesspeople who head up multinational companies and can hold their own in a highly competitive global arena
Philosophy of Life: Time is the most precious resource – don’t waste it
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Every day
Biggest Ever Disappointment: Losing the Cricket World Cup semifinal to Australia in 1999
Hope for the Future: That we South Africans overcome our current challenges
Favourite Reading: Biographies, history and fantasy fiction
Favourite TV Programme: The Good Wife
Favourite Food/Drink: Indian food
Favourite Music: Anything that reminds me of my youth
Favourite Sport: Mountain biking and cycling (socially); I am an avid South African rugby supporter
Favourite Website: www.syspro.com
Hobbies: Spending time with my family and visiting the Botswana parks once a year
Car: Audi A4
Pets: Two white Staffordshire bull terriers and two cats
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Ungrateful people
Favourite Other South African Company: Small South African entrepreneurial companies that are doing well
Favourite Foreign Company: Disney
Married: To Elmarie, since September 2000
Children: Katelyn, 10; Alex, 8
Clubs: None
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