Fortune favours the brave.

Paul S O'Flaherty

EY Parthenon Africa Leader

Esteemed strategy leader. Core expertise includes project management, mergers and acquisitions, turnarounds, and restructurings.

Paul is the EY-Parthenon Africa Leader.

Prior to joining EY-Parthenon, he held several CFO and CEO roles in listed companies, as well as in the public sector and family-owned businesses, where he had been a key instrument in achieving successful turnarounds, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and project management.

He has a deep diversified industry experience which includes mining, infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, trading, steel manufacturing and financial services, after having worked in South Africa, across Africa, as well as in the Middle East.

Paul has in depth experience within corporates in public offerings and debt raising locally and internationally. He also has regulatory experience in Africa in the energy and financial services industries.

Paul is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

How is Paul building better working world 

EY-Parthenon is about enabling leaders to design and deliver transformation to build long term value. EY-Parthenon assists leaders in redesigning the strategy for a real world.

Paul's latest thinking

EY Africa ‘Leaders in Conversation’ Series – Crispian Olver: Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Commission

Paul O’Flaherty, EY-Parthenon Africa Leader discusses SA’s transition to net zero with Crispian Olver, Executive Director for the South African Presidential Climate Commission.

14 Feb 2024 22m 54s

Capital allocation considerations in Mining & Metals

Join Paul O’Flaherty, EY-Parthenon Africa Leader and Paul Dunne, CEO, Northam Platinum reflect on the long-term versus short-term view of capital allocation in a business of depleting assets, from day one.

09 Feb 2022 1m 14s

Sustainable Capital Allocation Podcast Series

EY’s Sustainable Capital Allocations Podcast Series focusing on banking, mining, and telecommunications sectors.

09 Feb 2022 Paul O'Flaherty

Capital allocation considerations in Banking

Paul O’Flaherty, EY-Parthenon Africa Leader and Jason Quinn, interim CEO, ABSA Bank reflect on the sophistication of capital allocation for projects to ensure returns.

08 Feb 2022 10m 20s

Capital allocation considerations in Telecommunications

Capital allocation considerations in Telecommunications Join Paul O’Flaherty, EY-Parthenon Africa Leader and Dirk Reyneke, Telkom, CFO in conversation on his capital allocation considerations in Telecommunications.

01 Feb 2022 7m 53s

EY’s Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2021

This year marks 10 years of our awards program and integrated reporting in South Africa. We celebrate the efforts of South African companies that have embraced this change and continue to innovate on how they create, deliver and communicate value.

10 Sept 2021 | 07:00 your local time
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