Africa Governance Board
PwC firms in the South Market Area, West Market Area and East Market Area fall under the governance arrangements of the PwC Central and Southern Africa Joint Venture (“PwC Africa”). These governance arrangements are exercised by the Africa Governance Board, constituted in terms of the PwC Africa joint venture agreement, which details its powers and duties.
Africa Governance Board members are elected by the partners in each of the three market areas making up PwC Africa. The Chairman of the Governance Board is elected by the members of the Governance Board. It has several committees that act in accordance with the delegated authority of the Governance Board. The committees are accountable to the Governance Board and report to the members at each board meeting.
12 members
Four scheduled meetings per annum (and ad hoc meetings if required)
Term of office: four years
Africa Leadership Team
Our Africa Leadership Team is led by PwC Africa’s CEO Dion Shango. The members are appointed by Dion and represent PwC Africa’s three market areas and strategic functions including lines of service, operations and strategic functional areas of our business.
Africa leadership team
PwC South Africa Governing Board (“the Governing Board”)
11 members (10 elected by partners and the Chief Executive Officers, serving ex officio)
Four scheduled meetings per annum (and ad hoc meetings if required)
Term of office: four years
The members are elected by the partners of PwC South Africa and the Chairman of the Governing Board is elected by the members of the Governing Board. It is mainly responsible for overseeing, at a South Africa level, the implementation of the long-term strategies and business plans of PwC Africa.
Market Area Management Committees
Each PwC Africa Market Area has its own Management Committee. These committees are responsible for the firms’ results in each Market Area. Their principal responsibilities include creating, directing and overseeing strategy implementation, developing succession plans for leadership roles and ensuring regular and ongoing partner communication on the progress and performance of the market area’s firms.
Members appointed by the PwC Market Area’s Chief Executive Officer (South Market Area) or Regional Senior Partner (East and West Market Areas)
Eight scheduled meetings per annum
Term of office: Four years
Legal structure
PwC refers to the international PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity.
PwC is the brand under which the member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide professional services. Together, these firms form the PwC network. ‘PwC’ is often used to refer either to individual firms within the PwC network or to several or all of them collectively.
In many parts of the world, accounting firms are required by law to be locally owned and independent. Although regulatory attitudes on this issue are changing, PwC member firms do not and cannot currently operate as a corporate multinational. The PwC network is not a global partnership, a single firm or a multinational corporation.
In central and southern Africa, the individual member firms of 18 countries in the three market areas formed a joint venture which we call PwC Africa. Each member of the joint venture remains a separate legal entity and contracts and delivers services as an independently owned separate legal entity.
Contact us
Dion Shango
Territory Senior Partner for PwC’s East, West and South Market regions in Africa, PwC South Africa
Tel: +27 (0) 11 797 4166
Shirley Machaba
Regional Senior Partner, PwC South Market Area, PwC South Africa
Tel: +27 (0) 11 797 5851
Peter Ngahu
Regional Senior Partner, PwC East Market Area, PwC Kenya
Tel: +254 (0) 20 285 5090
Verena Koobair
Head of Communications and Societal Purpose Firm Pillar Lead, PwC South Africa
Tel: +27 (0) 11 797 4873