OUR COURSES
FIVE REASONS WHY YOU MUST CHOOSE COCA?
1. WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT
2. GROUP WORK
3. PASS RATE
4. SMALL CLASSROOM SIZES
5. TEACHING STAFF
MEET THE CHAIRMAN
TREVOR LAZARUS MWALE
Founder & Chairman at the College of Chartered Accountants (COCA) (Pty) Ltd
Qualifications: B. Com (Hons) Acc /ACMA / CGMA / MBA (Cum laude)/ M.Inst.D.
Studying: Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)
Skills, expertise and experience:
Trevor is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA), Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), holder of a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with Distinction, Bachelor of Commerce, Honours Degree in Accounting, CIMA Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting and CIMA Diploma in Management Accounting.
Trevor started his career as Management Trainee at Nestle Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd. He later joined mobile telecommunications giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd as Assistant Management Accountant, and later assumed the role of Management Accountant. Trevor immigrated to South Africa, joining IT powerhouse Omni Africa (Pty) Ltd as Group Accountant and advanced to the role of Chief Financial Officer responsible for Group Financial Control, Group Strategy and Planning.
Trevor joined Royal Bafokeng Holdings owned Elbroc Mining (Pty) Ltd as Group Management Accountant and later taking on the role of Financial Manager where he was responsible for finance and accounting, internal control systems development, performance evaluation, external audit, due diligence, treasury management and planning. Trevor has also been Financial Manager with Bidvest TFMC (Pty) Ltd, Bidvest TMS Group (Pty) Ltd and Bowman Gilfillan.
Trevor is currently Finance Director at Kaya FM (Pty) Ltd, responsible for Finance, New Business Development, and Compliance & Risk Management. He is also Vice Chairman of the CIMA Gauteng Executive Committee, Non-Executive Chairman of the College of Chartered Accountants, Director at T Twenty-One, and Non-Executive Chairman for the Institute for Leadership & Capacity Development.
Trevor is passionate about education and devotes an extensive amount of time to developing the CIMA, ACCA, ICB, CIS, & CFA qualifications in South Africa; hence he founded the College of Chartered Accountants (COCA) Pty Ltd.
Trevor is a Member of the Institute of Directors Southern Africa