Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2019 Winners Edition

www.finance-monthly.com 76 Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2019 Group CFO of Naspers BASIL (VASILI) SGOURDOS ABOUT BASIL (VASILI) SGOURDOS Basil Sgourdos was appointed financial director of Naspers in July 2014. A qualified chartered accountant (SA), he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. from 1989 to 1994. Thereafter he joined Naspers, initially as the finance manager of the South African operations division in MultiChoice and then as chief financial officer of our investment in the Thai-listed United Broadcasting Corporation Plc., where he remained for 10 years. Basil then spent two years in Amsterdam as general manager of pay-television business development globally, before being appointed as group chief financial officer of MIH in January 2009. He held this position until he became group chief financial officer of the Naspers group on 1 July 2014. FIRM PROFILE Naspers is a global internet group and one of the largest technology investors in the world. They operate and invest in countries and markets across the world with long- term growth potential. Naspers companies connect people to each other and the wider world and create value by improving lives. Every day, millions of people use the products and services of companies that Naspers has invested in, acquired or built. Throughout their 100-year history, Naspers has grown by investing in, acquiring and building leading companies with sustainable competitive advantages. They believe in the power of local backed by global scale. Naspers continue to back new business models to fuel their growth and increasingly, look for opportunities to address big societal needs in markets where they see the greatest growth potential. These include all major markets in the world. Where they see a company with promise, they move quickly to expand and scale it. Today, the Naspers group is organised into two areas: media and internet interests in South Africa, and through Prosus, their internet interests outside of South Africa including companies and investments in the online classifieds, food delivery, payments and fintech, etail, travel, education and social and internet platforms sectors, among others. www.naspers.com “We believe in the power of local backed by global scale and we look for opportunities to address big societal needs in markets where we see the greatest growth potential.” Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2019 SOUTH AFRICA