Thembeka Buthelezi

Thembeka is an Associate Director in the Deloitte Financial Advisory ("FA") team. Thembeka has 10 years experience both locally and abroad in M&A transaction services including financial due diligence, restructuring, and Sale and Purchase Agreements ("SPA") advisory in a variety of sectors and industries. Prior to joining FA, Thembeka served her 3 years articles in the Deloitte FIST Audit division in the Durban office, following which she spend time on secondment to the Deloitte Dubai office. Thembeka spent over 2 years (between 2019 to 2021) on secondment to the Deloitte London office in FA, SPA team where she was specialising in advising on the cash accounting implications of the transaction agreements being negotiated and, together with the legal advisors, developing contractual solutions to accounting or commercial issues identified through the various due diligence exercises. Thembeka is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).