Prof Carolina Koornhof was appointed as Executive Director responsible for Finance and Business Initiatives at the University of Pretoria in 2011. In addition to the portfolio of Finance, she is also responsible for Enterprises at UP (excluding GIBS and Retirement Funds.

Prior to her appointment as Executive Director she was Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University.

She completed a BCom and BCom (Hons) degree in Accounting Sciences at the University of Pretoria. She holds a MCom degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and a DCom degree in Accounting Sciences from the University of Pretoria. She completed the Advanced Management Programme at the Harvard Business School in the USA in 2007.

Prof Koornhof specialises in Financial Reporting and has, among other academic publications, published four textbooks on Accounting and Financial Reporting with co-authors. She is a Chartered Accountant (CA) (SA) registered with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. She is a fellow of the British Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and is also a Registered Auditor (RA).