Founder & Director | CA(SA)
Jaco Kriel is the founder and director of Finance Hub and a chartered accountant (SA) with over 25 years of executive-level experience in finance, strategy, and business management. His career spans leadership roles across South Africa’s wholesale, retail, manufacturing, construction, logistics, and financial services sectors, where he has led transformative business turnarounds and driven sustainable profitability.
Professional Focus
- Strategic and financial management
- Business turnaround and restructuring
- Working capital and cash flow optimisation
- Credit risk management and collections strategy
- Supply chain and operations management
- Tax and financial planning
- Business consulting and board representation
- Setup of legal BEE structures and consulting
Career Highlights
- Led as managing director a national wholesale and distribution business with a R1bn-turnover.
- Over 2 decades of CFO experience, providing strategic financial leadership, governance oversight, and commercial direction to mid- and large-scale businesses.
- Successfully turned around multi-million Rand losses into sustainable profitability through comprehensive financial restructuring.
- Oversaw R350m+ in working capital portfolios and managed 2,000+ debtor accounts.
- Drove the integration of financial reporting, business intelligence, and ERP systems, including SAP, Syspro and Sage Evolution.
- Founded Finance Hub and JK Wealth and serve as a part-time CFO through The CFO Centre.