Dubai, United Arab Emirates
I advise founders, family offices, boards and professional advisors where tax, capital, control, governance and cross-border structuring intersect. I am a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Advisor, and hold a Master's Degree in Taxation. I have over 22 years of experience advising businesses, high-net-worth individuals, institutional clients, and professional firms on complex tax, corporate structuring, compliance, and cross-border investment matters. My work focuses on situations where tax is a strategic variable, not only a compliance matter. Tax considerations affect capital movement, ownership structure, regulatory exposure, succession, commercial execution, and long-term value protection. I advise clients on capital movement, defence of tax positions, ownership restructuring, SARS and FTA exposure, UAE corporate tax, transfer pricing, international structuring, M&A transactions, IP commercialisation, family wealth governance, and preparation of bankable, tax-defensible documentation. I am typically engaged at the point where critical decisions are made: before capital is moved, structures are implemented, tax positions are defended, ownership is reorganised, or commercial arrangements result in unintended regulatory or tax consequences. I work with founders, shareholders, executives, family offices, attorneys, accountants, auditors, corporate service providers, and private clients who require senior technical judgement, commercial clarity, and pragmatic execution. My approach combines rigorous technical analysis with commercially grounded decision-making. I translate complex tax and structuring issues into clear options, defensible documentation, and implementable strategies aligned with the client's broader commercial objectives. I have advised clients in South Africa, the Middle East, and emerging markets, with a particular focus on cross-border structuring, UAE–South Africa advisory, tax controversy, private wealth governance, and strategic corporate architecture. Fyncor Advisory is positioned for matters where the stakes are material, structure is critical, and the consequences of error are significant.
Chief Executive Officer of Fyncor Group, a South African advisory firm with international capability, providing integrated tax, corporate finance and strategic structuring solutions to entrepreneurs, family offices, trusts and corporate groups. Fyncor operates at the intersection of tax law, governance and commercial strategy — delivering technically rigorous, commercially pragmatic advice grounded in South African legislation, with cross-border capability spanning the UAE and the UK. Core areas of leadership and advisory oversight include: • Corporate and international tax structuring • SARS dispute resolution and strategic tax engagement • Trust structuring, Section 7C advisory and generational wealth planning • Estate duty and succession architecture • Corporate finance, valuations and transaction advisory • King IV governance and board-level structuring • UAE corporate tax structuring and cross-border advisory • Intellectual property holding and licensing structures Fyncor is built to serve clients first, while providing integrated international solutions in an increasingly complex regulatory environment. The firm’s mandate is clear: to deliver sophisticated, discreet and technically sound advisory services with global reach and South African depth.
He is a registered Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Tax Advisor with a masters’ degree in Taxation he has lectured at the University of Pretoria for the last 9 years on Tax Risk Management and Corporate Formation and Restructuring Rules & Tax Risk. Willem’s qualifications and wealth of experience in leading businesses, providing strategic direction and leadership to promote growth and shareholder value, bring peace of mind to his clients. He offers specialist expertise in the areas of tax, financial management, corporate finance, and mergers.
Business Advisory, Financial Advisory & Tax Consulting • Head of Tax • Chief Financial Officer • Chief Executive Officer OFFERING qualifications and experience in leading businesses, providing strategic direction and leadership to promote growth and share holder value. Additionally offering specialist expertise in the areas of Tax, Financial Management. - 20 Years’ experience in the professional environment and in leadership roles - Currently CEO and Tax Director at Probity Advisory (Pty) Ltd, - Independent Non Executive at Escponent Limited, Lecturer at the University of Pretoria - Former: FD at RDG Group - Former National Head of Tax at BDO, and Corporate Tax Director at Sizwenstaluba - Spearheaded a R280m turnaround, from –R80m (negative equity) to +R200m (RDG) - As Tax Director / Head of Tax, served clients such as Eskom, Khula, SARS, Ford CA (SA) and MComm Taxation
Extraordinary Lecturer for the Masters Students in Taxation on M&A Tax Risk Management and Dispute Resolution.