PWN Global Women On Board: Using the Annual Report for Due Diligence
What Every Board Director Should Know Beyond the Numbers:
Knowing what to look for, what questions to ask, and where the real signals are hidden is one of the most practical skills a board director can develop. While annual reports are publicly available documents, very few people know how to read them strategically. As Audit Committee members, our responsibility goes beyond reviewing financial statements—we need to understand the story behind the numbers, assess risks before they become problems, and identify the warning signs that others may miss.
About the speaker:
Trevor is currently serving as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bid Corporation Limited (Bidcorp), a listed company on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange of South Africa. Bidcorp has a market capitalisation of approximatelyR145 billion (US$8.7 billion). He serves on the Group Audit and Risk Committee.
Qualifications: CA(SA)
Experience and Expertise: Trevor is an accomplished audit and governance professional with over 40 years of experience. He is the former Chairman of Deloitte Africa, where he served three consecutive terms (2011–2020), providing strategic direction and oversight to the firm’s Africa Board, which spans 13 countries. During his tenure, he led the governance perspectives of integration of the Africa partnership and chaired multiple board committees, including, amongst others,Finance & Audit; Risk, Ethics & Compliance; and Nominations & Succession. Trevor also held several senior operational leadership positions within Deloitte Africa. His career included leading client engagements in the manufacturing, retail, wholesale, and consumer goods sectors. He has built expertise in IFRS, auditing standards, and the governance of listed companies.
Trevor has gained recent experience in the Bidcorp group, chairing the Europe and Emerging Markets Divisional Audit and Risk Committees (‘DARCs’) and serving on the United Kingdom and Australasia DARCs since early 2023.
He currently serves as a non-executive director of Nepad Business Foundation NPC and LIV Central NPC and chairs the audit committee of both companies. He has served as Independent Non-Executive Director at Avbob Mutual Assurance Society, Business Leadership South Africa’s audit and risk committee and was an adviser to the audit committee of the SA SME Fund in its formative years.
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