Yamkela Hlabisikhumba

Yamkela Hlabisikhumba

Yamkela is a manager within BDO’s Financial Services division with 5 years of experience with a variety of financial service specific clients including asset management, private equity, development finance, group audits, pension funds and fund administration. 

Yamkela has experience with joint audits through the IDC audit and plays a key role in ensuring a collaborative environment between the firms.

Largest Financial Services clients serviced:

  • Industrial Development Corporation
  • Taquanta Asset Managers
  • Efficient Group
  • Sampada Private Equity
  • Foord Umbrella Provident Fund
  • Gael Fund Services, Fairheads Benefit Services
  • Freddy Hirsch Retirement Fund

Group / Multinational audit experience

Yamkela has experience with IDC Group - development finance with subsidiaries operating in various industries/sectors and with some foreign associates that contribute to the group's profit line. She was also a part of the team for the audit of Taquanta Investment Holdings: a small group of companies with 3 components and one of the biggest components being a PIE as well as Efficient Group where she was also previously involved as a component auditor of the group.

Qualifications and professional affiliations 

  • CA (SA)
  • South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)
  • General Tax Practitioner (GTP)  (SA)