Qualifications
CA (SA), M.Com Tax (Domestic & International)
Biography
Lynette Berger graduated in 2000 from UNISA, with a BCompt Honours degree, completed her articles with KPMG Inc. in 2003 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 2005. She is a registered member of SAICA and an Accredited SAICA and ETDP Assessor.
Lynette obtained her MCom degree during 2015 in South African and International Taxation at North-West University (Potchefstroom). Her mini-dissertation was based on the Income Tax implications of Bitcoin exchange transactions.
Lynette is also a registered Fasset accredited facilitator with ProBeta Training which is an accredited Fasset Service Provider.
Lynette has a great aspiration to coach, teach and act as mentor for the young workforce. She appreciates their energy and curiosity about their career development and has a passion to contribute towards their growth and development. She is also an accredited Tall Trees Facilitator, under the leadership of Hettie Brittz and Annatjie van Zyl - Founders of Tall Trees Profiles.
Together with Hettie Brittz and Annatjie van Zyl, Lynette is the co-author and co-developer of the EI Activator tool which is a unique one-of-its kind emotional intelligence tool developed on the Tall Trees temperament and leadership philosophy. Lynette is also now Director and co-owner of EI Activator (Pty) Ltd, which does not only host this tool, but hosting membership opportunities for people of all walks of life to grow and maximise their EI DNA genes.
Lynette is also owner and founder of YourEmpoweredPotential, which is focussed on people-centric, values driven, servant Leadership. She also hosts her own podcast, Stability through Good values.
Lynette is also a JohnMaxwell Team Independent Executive Director, speaker, trainer and coach. Lynette serves under the leadership and mentorship of Dr John C. Maxwell, Paul Martinelli (President of the JohnMaxwellTeam), Roddy Galbraith (Speaker lane) and Marc Cole (Leadership lane). Lynette is also an accredited John Maxwell DISC Trainer and Consultant in people skills and behavioural skills.
Lynette is also Vice Chairperson of the Vaal District of SAICA and committee member of the SAICA Northern Region Council.
Lynette brings along vast knowledge and experience from her role as Senior Manager: Finance at National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Pty) Ltd (Natref, jointly owned by Total South Africa (Pty) Ltd. and Sasol Oil (Pty) Ltd.). She fulfilled this role for five years which included maintaining sound internal control systems, SOX 404 compliance, compliance to legislation requirements, quarterly group reporting, management of budgets and forecasts, risk management, managing and reporting on capital projects, financing activities and managing current assets.
Lynette was also involved in the training, coaching and mentoring for CA trainee accountants within the Sasol CA Training Program.
During December 2013 Lynette completed the Sasol Management of Managers Program hosted by the USB Executive Development Ltd, University of Stellenbosch Business School. She obtained the Directors award for best student - 2013. The program focused on values driven leadership, strategic thinking, systematic thinking, emotional intelligence, high performance teams, amongst others.
Lynette conducted in-house training programs within her area of responsibility which involved VAT refreshers, budget and budget control (with the specific focus on complying with the IFRS requirements on the correct classification of capital and operating expenditure), simplifying the implementation of the latest developments to IFRS statements, facilitating soft-issues for example high performance teams, performance management and assisting and coaching line managers regarding leadership styles.
Prior to her role at Natref, Lynette joined an internationally based company in the steel industry: Multiserve South Africa (Pty) Ltd, as Group Financial Accountant for four years. A few highlights of her career at Multiserve included an invitation to attend a strategic conference in Dubai together with delegates from the London based head-office as well as delegates from regions around the world in 2005. Another highlight was the successful implementation of IFRIC4 for local contracts.