Deepa Sita is the Chief Financial Officer at Tiger Brands, after holding similar roles at the likes of Mondelēz and Makro. She grew up working in a family business that she then took over after her father’s death. 
 
She is a qualified chartered accountant and holds an MBA (Cum Laude) from the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).
 
On this episode she speaks about:

• Falling in love with being a chartered accountant and making good business decisions. 
• Taking over the family business under difficult circumstances after her father’s death. 
• Why  failing her board exam turned out to be a positive turning point in her career.
• Why she surrounds herself with people that would be good enough to take over her job.
• Being willing to do something you don’t yet know how to do.  

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LeadUP Podcast is a production of the University of Pretoria’s Alumni Office. Lennox Wasara hosts the podcast, and our team includes Elna Schütz and Samantha Castle. Louis Cloete Productions provides sound engineering services

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