Ignatius Sehoole, Southern Africa CEO and Africa chairperson at KPMG
Full Name: Ignatius Simon Sehoole
Position and Company Name: Southern Africa CEO and Africa chairperson at KPMG
Main Activity of the Company: Audit, tax and advisory professional services
Date and Place of Birth: April 27, Pretoria
Schools and Tertiary Education: Hebron Training College, Vista University, the University of South Africa, Ashridge College and Harvard Business School
First Job: My first job was as a driving school instructor
Size of First Pay Packet: About R350 a month
Career Path to Date: After starting off as a driving school instructor, I became a lecturer, and went on to be an articled clerk, internal audit manager, chief audit executive, CFO, MD, head of mergers and acquisitions, executive president, deputy CEO, and VP and CEO
Value of Assets under Your Control: Not stated
Number of People under Your Leadership: 3 300 employees
Management Style: Servant leadership
Personal Best Achievement: Transforming the accounting profession
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My grandfather
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu, the first black chartered accountant in South Africa
and current chairperson of the board of KPMG South Africa
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: It would have been the late President of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Dr Sam Motsuenyane, the doyen of black business in South Africa who founded and chaired many business organisations and has dedicated his life to pioneering and promoting entrepreneurship and black business in the townships
Philosophy of Life: Be kind to everyone
Biggest Ever Opportunity: The new South Africa
Biggest Ever Disappointment: The new South Africa
Hope For the Future: A more politically progressive and economically successful Africa
Favourite Reading: The Authenticity Principle, by Ritu Bhasin
Favourite TV Programme: Air Crash Investigation
Favourite Food/Drink: Nothing specific
Favourite Music: Most genres
Favourite Sport: Formula 1
Hobbies: Road trips
Car: Sports utility vehicles
Pets: None
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Snakes
Married: I am married to Relebohile
Clubs: None