Meet our Finance Executive

Matthew Klaas

Matthew Klaas

Finance Executive

 

Matthew Klaas is a Finance Professional with a wealth of knowledge of over 10 years business experience gained in the Pharmaceutical (Manufacturing), Auditing (Internal and External) as well as Engineering Industries. He has worked for corporates such as Consolidated Infrastructure Group Ltd and Consolidated Power Projects Energy Solutions (Pty) Ltd and Aspen Pharmacare Ltd.

Matthew’s key areas of expertise include Financial planning and control, governance and risk management. He is a firm believer in continuous improvement. He holds Bcom (Hons) CTA from UNISA, an MBA from the NMMU and is a Chartered Accountant.

Get to know Matthew

  • Why Altron?
  • Thoughts on successful leadership
  • Book

Why work for Altron?

 

Altron is a dynamic company that strives to be the leader in the ICT sector. We are passionate about employee empowerment and development and we are an exciting company that embraces innovation and an entrepreneurial culture. At Altron, the company culture is underpinned by a strong set of values which drives our operating philosophy.

What are the most important attributes of successful leaders today?

 

The most important attributes of successful leaders today are having vision, agilty (adaptablity), influence, self-awareness, not afraid to take risks, empathy.

Favourite book to read?

 

I enjoy reading biographies and one of my all-time favourite books is South Africa’s Greatest Entrepreneurs – by Moky Makura . It profiles the stories and journeys of some of South Africa’s greatest entrepreneurs such as Raymond Ackerman, Sol Kerzner, Donald Gordon, Adrian Gore to mention a few.