Megan Steyl CA(SA), 34

Finalist: Transformative Leader | SAICA Top-35-Under-35 Awards 2025

Megan Steyl is a Chartered Accountant whose leadership blends financial excellence, people development, and purpose-driven impact. At 34, she serves as CFO of Investicore South Africa, overseeing the financial operations of 40 property companies with assets valued at R2.3 billion. Her role spans investor and bank relations, strategic direction, and cultivating a culture of growth and excellence.

Megan joined Investicore in 2023, bringing a leadership style that balances commercial success with human-centred development. She believes in building sustainable businesses that deliver value not only to investors and tenants, but also to employees and communities. Her approach is rooted in the belief that financial growth must be matched by people growth.

Her career has been defined by transformation. After completing Academic Articles at the University of Johannesburg, Megan joined KPMG, where she completed her articles in 2015 and earned a secondment to the KPMG Business School in the United States. There, she designed and facilitated training programmes, gaining recognition for her ability to inspire and lead. Although offered a management role in the US, she chose to return to South Africa to invest her skills in her home country.

At KPMG South Africa, Megan combined audit responsibilities with a leadership role in Learning and Development. She designed and delivered technical and soft skills programmes, led induction and leadership initiatives, and managed audits of JSE-listed groups. She also worked with FASSET to secure maximum SETA grants and advance learning initiatives.

In 2020, Deloitte approached Megan to lead its Audit Learning & Deployment team during the COVID-19 pandemic. With in-person learning disrupted, she spearheaded the transition of training for over 2,000 audit professionals across Africa to a fully virtual platform — safeguarding professional development and setting a new benchmark for digital learning delivery.

As Audit Learning Deployment Lead, Megan implemented Deloitte’s strategic learning vision, ensured over 900 SAICA trainees annually achieved competencies, and shaped the next generation of professionals. Managing a team of newly qualified CA(SA)s, she invested deeply in mentoring, guiding her managers into leadership roles, and influencing senior stakeholders to align learning with business needs.

Her impact also extends into the community. Since 2024, Megan has served as a board member of a Non-Profit Pre-primary and Nursery School, helping the school move from financial difficulty to stability while actively driving fundraising initiatives.

While her career reflects technical excellence and strategic leadership, Megan believes her greatest accomplishment is being a mother. Together with her husband Anton — also a CA(SA) — she is raising two boys, Hunter (6) and Hudson (3). She describes parenthood as the hardest and most important job of all, encouraging professionals to draw on their skills at home to raise emotionally intelligent, resilient children.

For Megan, the CA(SA) designation represents more than a qualification — it embodies her career, her family, and her values.