Marnus du Toit

I am a Chartered Accountant with 25+ years of experience in Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Corporate Finance, Investments and Strategy. Previously I held various Finance positions including CFO, Financial Director, Finance Manager and M&A Advisor. I have exposure to a wide range of industries and have represented various companies at board level.

Group Manager: Assurance Services at NWK (2026-03 – Present)

• Heading up the Internal Audit function for the NWK Group
• Managing an internal team and a co-sourced service provider
• Providing risk-based audit & advisory services

Group Chief Financial Officer at IZINTABA GROUP (2023-12 – 2025-09)

• Heading up the financial function for the group (8 companies)
• M&A activities of the group
• Logistics, Mining Services & Commodity Trading

Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at AFROX (A LINDE PLC COMPANY) (2013-09 – 2023-06)

• Heading up the M&A activities of the group throughout Sub-Sahara Africa
• Responsible for major capital investments. From feasibility through to approval, integration & post investment review
• General corporate strategy for the region

Head of Corporate Finance at AFROX (A LINDE PLC COMPANY) (2011-12 – 2013-08)

• Responsible for all aspects of M&A / Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance Specialist at AFROX (A LINDE PLC COMPANY) (2010-12 – 2011-11)

• Execution of M&A transactions throughout Sub-Sahara Africa

Executive: Corporate Finance / M&A at BARNARD JACOBS MELLET (2006-12 – 2010-11)

• Corporate Finance / M&A advisory
• Managing Associate teams on client engagements

Associate: Corporate Finance / M&A at BARNARD JACOBS MELLET (2005-04 – 2006-11)

• Corporate Finance / M&A advisory
• Deal execution

Financial Director at MERCHANT WEST (2002-08 – 2005-03)

• Full financial function for the Asset Finance business

Financial Manager at MERCHANT WEST (2002-01 – 2002-07)

Article Clerk at DELOITTE (1999-01 – 2001-12)

Chartered Accountant (SA) (2002)

B Com (Hons) Accounting in Accounting – Rand Afrikaans University (1998)

B Com Accounting in Accounting – Rand Afrikaans University (1995 – 1997)