Gary Vermaak
Nickname: 'Garo'
Client CFO / Director
Born
in Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Chartered Global Management Accountant (AICPA / CIMA UK) with extensive energy and mining industry experience in Africa, Central Asia and Europe with both listed and unlisted companies in senior and executive roles.
Company director, energy and mining advisor, senior business partner and client CFO at FD Solutions Africa.
FD Solutions are a team of Finance Directors to support your business on a flexible basis, whether part-time or interim. Charges are time-based and there is no minimum-term commitment. FD Solutions serve companies in the United Kingdom, mainland Europe as well as Australia New Zealand and now Africa. FD Solutions Africa was established to service the African operations of mainly energy and mining companies operating across the Africa continent.
Business Address
Portfolio
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Educational history
Secondary
Saint Andrews School, Bloemfontein (1982)
Tertiary
London | 1992 - 1993
Chartered Management Accountant - Accounting and Financial Management
Johannesburg | 1992 - 1992
Chartered Secretary - Company Secretarial and Corporate Governance
Bloemfontein
B Com - Economics, Money and Banking