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Paul S O’Flaherty

Paul S O’Flaherty

Paul joined EY in February 2021 as an Executive Director heading up EY’s strategy business, EY Parthenon across Africa. He also leads EY Sustainability across Africa. Paul is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He began his career at PwC in 1986 and served as an audit partner for 6 years in the Energy and Mining sector. Since 2001, he has worked as both CFO and CEO in the listed company environment as well as public sector and in family-owned businesses. He has worked in South Africa across Africa as well as in the Middle East and the USA. Paul has diversified industry experience including mining, infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, trading, steel manufacturing and financial services. Paul also has experience as a non-executive director for listed companies in South Africa. Paul has in depth experience within corporates in public offerings and debt raising locally and internationally. He has been involved in turnarounds, restructurings, M&A, and programme and project management including prior to joining EY he had the executive overall responsibility for the $1bn separation of ABSA Bank Limited from Barclays PLC. Paul also has regulatory experience in Africa in the energy and financial services industries.