Terri Weston

Terri Weston

  • Audit Partner and Head of Financial Services Cape Town
  • 18+ years experience

"I personally commit to being an active and visible partner throughout the engagement and not merely during the onboarding or reporting phases.

I will take direct accountability for the quality of our service delivery, the timely resolution of matters raised, and the overall success of our relationship with Sanlam. My commitment is to ensure that there are no surprises, that communication remains open and transparent, and that issues are identified and addressed proactively before they become concerns.

I believe that exceptional service is built on strong relationships and ensuring that a priority client can feel they are our priority.

Sanlam will have direct access to me throughout the engagement. I will remain actively involved in governance discussions, key deliverables, stakeholder engagements and any significant matters that require executive attention. 

Most importantly, I commit to upholding the highest standards of integrity, independence, professionalism and audit quality."


Terri is an Audit Partner in BDO Financial Services and Head of Financial Services in our Cape Town office. She has over 18 years’ experience in the financial services industry with 12 of these spent at a big 4 audit firm.

Her audit experience and sector focus has been across retirement funds, medical schemes and asset management. Her experience has been across administrators, from small to large regulated and unregulated funds and asset managers. From a listed perspective, she has previous experience with Listed REITs.

In addition to managing large audit and advisory teams, she has played various key leadership roles in the operational management of a professional services business. Terri also gained experience on an international secondment to the Cayman Islands in the insurance sector, and has worked outside of audit in operations at a large South African asset administrator for a period of time.

Largest Financial Services clients serviced:

  • Old Mutual Unit Trust Collective Investment Scheme
  • Old Mutual Properties
  • Eskom Pension and Provident Fund 
  • Government Employees Pension Fund
  • IP Management Company Collective Investment Scheme
  • BCI Collective Investment Scheme
  • Prescient,
  • Stor-Age Property REIT Limited
  • Afrocentric

Group / Multinational audit experience

Currently involved in the Vunani Group audit as a component auditor, previous experience within the Old Mutual audit for 11 years, and multi-national audit as part of Stor-Age Property REIT Limited

Qualifications and professional affiliations 

  • CA (SA)
  • South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)
  • Registered Auditor (RA)