Other Employees

Heidi studied B Accounting at the University of Stellenbosch and in 1995 obtained her Honours Degree in B Accounting. She passed her qualifying examination in March 1996 and completed her articles at Deloitte Cape Town and was appointed audit manager, and held this position for two years.

Since 2001 she lectured financial accounting at the University of Stellenbosch to under and post graduate B Accounting students – with the prospect of qualifying as chartered accountants. In 2005 she obtained her M Accounting degree at the University of Stellenbosch.

Heidi is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Chartered Accountant (SA)), the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (Registered Auditor), as well as the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (Professional Accountant (SA)).

Heidi has specialist knowledge in respect of international financial reporting standards and joined the firm in 2009 on a full-time basis holding the title of Director – Audit. She is also responsible for quality control in the training role that Smith & Associates implements by offering articles which are accredited by both the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and the South African Institute of Professional Accountants.

Matriculating at Paarl Boys’ High in 1997, Henry obtained the degrees B Accounting and Hons B Compt at the University of Stellenbosch and UNISA respectively. Henry completed his articles at the LDP Incorporated group in 2005 and a qualified Chartered Accountant.

He is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Chartered Accountant (SA)).

He was appointed in the capacity as Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cayman Islands, from October 2005 and held this position until August 2010. After returning to South Africa, he joined the Smith & Assosiate Group from October 2010.

Currently he holds the position of Director – Audit as well as Trust and Secretarial Services

Charles completed a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Stellenbosch followed by a Bachelor of Arts in Law and completed his education with a Post Graduate diploma in advanced labour law (Cum Laude).

He started working at Legal Aid as a candidate attorney and after a year he found himself in a sales and marketing position before getting offered a position at COMCO Group of companies as Labour Consultant and Litigator before joining Smith & Assosiate Inc. in March 2014.

He is currently an Attorney and the Director at Smith and Whitehead Labour Consult (Pty) Ltd, where he specialises in Labour Consulting and Litigation. Charles also holds the position of the in-house attorney at Smith & Associates Inc. where he is responsible for commercial legal work and the creation and administration of their clients’ Companies, Trusts and Wills.