Alex Gwala

Alex is a Tax Director and Africa Tax & Compliance Leader for the Deloitte Africa Tax & Legal practice, overseeing corporate tax, indirect tax, tax technology, tax disputes, and government incentives businesses. He is also the Deloitte Africa Tax & Legal Market Leader for Southern Africa.

Having commenced his tax career in 1999 in corporate tax, Alex brings over 25 years of wide-ranging expertise in tax services spanning various industries with a particular focus on tax accounting, tax law, mining and petroleum tax, as well as public benefit organisations tax. He has provided consultancy services to prominent multinational clients.

Throughout his tenure at Deloitte, Alex has held numerous leadership positions. He began his leadership journey in 2012 as the Energy, Resources & Industrials Tax Industry Leader for Southern Africa. From then onwards, he held several leadership roles within the Deloitte Africa Tax & Legal practice, including Global Business Tax Services Leader for Southern Africa overseeing the corporate tax, mergers and acquisitions, international tax, transfer pricing, tax disputes, and government incentives businesses.

From 2020 to 2024, Alex was a member of the Deloitte Africa Board serving on the Remuneration Committee and the Nominations Committee. Over and above his Deloitte leadership roles, he has previously provided mining tax lectures to BCom Honours students at Wits University.

Alex holds a Master of Commerce in Taxation from Wits University, along with several other professional certifications.