MARK VAN BEUNINGEN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GROUP CEO
Mark is currently the Group CEO and Executive Director of CFSL. He joined the Group in January 2016 as the Managing Director of Cim Finance Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of CFSL, which amalgamated with and into CFSL on 01 October 2020). In October 2017, he was appointed as the CEO of the Group while occupying the function of Acting Managing Director of Cim Finance Ltd.
Before joining the Group, Mark worked for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Sydney for two years, and in Johannesburg for four years.
Prior to that, he worked in the Structured Products team at Macquarie Funds Group in Sydney, and as Audit Manager for KPMG Financial Services Assurance in Cape Town. Mark holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Hons) in Finance and Accounts from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management. He qualified as a Chartered Financial Analyst in 2007 and as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 2005.
He is also a member of the Corporate Governance and Conduct Review Committee, a member of the Risk Management Committee, as well as a member of the Board Investment Committee of CFSL.
Directorship in other listed companies: none