Carl Buitendach

I’m a chartered accountant with external 
audit and corporate finance experience in 
the Oil and Gas, Retail, Infrastructure and 
Financial Services sectors. My client 
expertise ranges from small local 
enterprises to large multi-national 
corporations. I strive to be a professional 
who provides a high-quality contribution 
to an organisation whilst building strong 
business relationships. 

I’m currently an engagement manager 
forming part of the EY Cape Town VME team. 
Over the past two and a half years, I gained 
experience in buy and sell side valuations, 
private equity fund valuations, purchase price 
allocations, fair and reasonable opinions, 
capital asset valuations and impairment 
assessments for financial reporting purposes.  
I had the privilege of being exposed to 
various industries, including Oil & Gas, 
Financial Services, Infrastructure, Retail and 
Manufacturing. My main tasks include 
managing smaller teams of associates and 
assistant managers, running client meetings 
and performing certain administrative tasks 
such as preparing proposals, drafting 
invoices, setting up time budgets and 
performing client acceptance procedures.  
I have experience in evaluating and reviewing 
valuation methodologies, performing various 
valuation methods including discounted cash 
flow valuations, multiple based valuations, 
capital asset valuations,  royalty relief method and multi-period 
excess earnings method valuations. I have 
also computed and reviewed several 
discount rates for valuation purposes using 
various methods such as the CAPM, stage of 
life and synthesized approaches.  
My experience further includes a deep 
understanding for financial and trend 
analysis, data manipulation and visual 
presentations of findings.  
I have also been involved in preparing 
various project proposals. Through this I’ve 
learnt to understand client needs and 
identify possible solutions.  
Our team frequently collaborates with other 
strategy and transaction teams such as 
Transaction Diligence, Tax and Mergers and 
Acquisitions. This has given me the 
opportunity to fully understand the deals 
process and life cycle and the technicalities 
around successfully concluding on a 
transaction.  

Passed SAICA’s Assessment of Professional Competence 
Eligible to register as a CA(SA) 

Passed SAICA’s Initial Test of Competence

Obtained a Bachelor of Accounting Honours Degree 
Stellenbosch University 
Average grade: 60%

Obtained a Bachelor of Accounting Degree (Cum Laude) 
Stellenbosch University 
Average grade: 75%

Obtained a National Senior Certificate 
Frans du Toit High School 
Average grade: 85% (passed with 6 distinctions)