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Ernst & Young
Philip Hourquebie
Chief Executive Officer Philip Hourquebie
Chief Operating Officer (South Africa) Val Davies
Chief Operating Officer (Africa) Jackie Tong
Head of Accounts & Markets Rich Shapiro
Head of Risk, Regulatory & Public Policy Sindi Koyana
Human Resources Associate Directors Pat Harding, Jenny Greyling
Marketing Senior Manager Sarah Custers
Physical Address Wanderers Office Park, 52 Corlett Drive, Illovo
Postal Address Private Bag x14, Northlands 2116
Tel (+27 11) 772 3000
Website www.ey.com/za
 
 
Ernst & Young is a global leader in the provision of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Some 130 000 people in 114 different countries are united by the company’s shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. Ernst & Young employees make a difference by helping clients and wider communities achieve their full potential.

The company recently integrated 87 country practices in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa into a new EMEIA area. Employees will benefit from this integration through better coordinated learning and development opportunities and enhanced career opportunities in Africa, Europe, Asia and further afield.

The culture of openness is a huge asset to the company. The offices are designed around open spaces ensuring the employees interact and engage directly at all times.
 
(1). A global leader (2). Provides assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services (3). Employs 130 000 in 114 different countries (4). Founded in 1950 (5). Ranked Top 5 in the Corporate Research Foundation’s Best Employer Awards (6). Ranked and acknowledged by FASSET ‘Making Best Practice Count’ 2008
 
 

STATISTICS / DEMOGRAPHICS / HISTORY
Year founded: 1950
Year started: 1989
Employees: 2 173 (as at July 2008)
Branches: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Botswana, Namibia and Africa

NATURE OF BUSINESS
Activity: Auditing and business advisory services
Products/services offered: Auditing and assurance, risk advisory, transaction advisory, business advisory, forensic investigations and dispute services, global mobility and technology and security risk services

EMPOWERMENT STATUS
Black Empowerment Level:
shareholding: 28% black-owned (24% excluding non-South African blacks) / total staff: 52% at June 2008


BUSINESS & FINANCE
Turnover: R1.2-million (as at June 2008)
Financial year-end: 30 June
Bank: Standard Bank

TRAINING & CSI
Training programmes: Ernst & Young encourages staff to take ownership of their own careers – and a major part of this is through ensuring continuous self growth.
Empowerment initiatives: Sponsorship of the African Women’s Chartered Accountants Association and active participation in ABASA (Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants in South Africa) and the South African chapter of the Entrepreneur’s Organisation.
CSI initiatives: Ernst & Young makes sure that what it does in its communities is relevant and, more importantly, makes a real difference where it is needed most. The company‘s commitment to transformation, reconstruction and development is therefore integrated into a cohesive Corporate Social Investment (CSI) strategy that focuses on six main areas that are of critical importance to its country, profession and business; namely: health (specifically HIV/Aids); education (specifically high schools with more focus on Mathematics, Accounting and Literacy programmes); housing; entrepreneurship and job creation; empowerment of women, youth and people with disabilities; and environment.