CFO South Africa is the leading community-based education, networking, business, and news platform for chief financial officers (CFOs) and finance professionals in South Africa. They also organize events and publish magazines for the community and help CFOs grow professionally.

In 2018, after successfully serving CFOs for five years, the company expanded to building a community for chief human resource officers (CHROs).

For both their finance and HR communities, CFO South Africa conducts the Finance Indaba and the HR Indaba annually, the largest expo and conferences of their kind in Africa. These events enable both aspiring and seasoned professionals to stay up-to-date with industry trends and developments and exchange ideas with their peers.

But with the Covid-19 pandemic putting an end to in-person events, CFO South Africa had to innovate. They could no longer interact with their communities at event spaces. The events were successfully rebranded as Finance Indaba Network and HR Indaba Network, which facilitate ongoing knowledge sharing and networking throughout the year for professionals and executives. An important component of this engagement is a virtual conference.

We sat down with Sarah Chalmers, Head of Operations CFO, and Judith Kamffer, Head of Marketing CFO, to talk about their virtual event experience.