Mr. Jakes Xulu: Chief Executive Officer / Director

Mr. Xulu began his career over 27 years ago. He spent 4 years with Trust Bank as Credit Controller before moving on to Santam Bank in 1986 where he fulfilled the position of Senior Credit Controller for 4 years.

Mid-season, he embarked on an academic career with the University of Pretoria for a Law Degree before re-joining ABSA who seconded him to Ford as Wholesale Manager. In 1997, Mr. Xulu joined a small company, Metro Inspection Services as Chief Executive Officer. In this new role, his responsibilities included credit management and debt collection for the City of Johannesburg. Whilst enjoying the responsibilities that came with his position as Chief Executive Officer of Metro Inspection Services, a bigger opportunity that seemed too good to resist, emerged. Mr. Xulu could not resist the challenge and moved on to become Group Chief Operating Officer of Powerhouse Utilities in 2000.

In 2009, he started his enterprise, JSX Holdings, which has vast interest in various professional management services. Mr. Xulu believes that the correct work ethos provides the high road to success, this includes ascribing to inscrutable integrity and incredible discipline, as the essential stepping stones to business excellence.

“I have always maintained the view that for us to take the economy to the next level, we have to accept other people not on face value, being black or white, but as fellow South Africans whose skills we must marry to the benefit of business” says Mr. Xulu. Mr. Xulu’s impressive academic Curriculum Vitae includes a legal qualification and diplomas in Business, Credit and Finance Management. Mr. Xulu joined MaxProf as an Independent Contractor and Consultant in 2012 and has ascended the ranks of MaxProf to now hold directorship and a Chief Executive Officer position within the company.

Mr. Bernard Saayman: Chief Operations Officer / Director

Mr. Saayman is a director of MaxProf and holds the position of Chief Operations Officer in the company that he is passionate about.

Mr. Saayman loves driving organizational growth and individual performance and thrives on working in a target-driven, high-performance, client-facing environment without losing touch with both his clients and even more important to him, MaxProf employees.

Mr. Saayman oversees all projects that MaxProf is contracted to / have been contracted to since inception, i.e. Local Government, Corporate Companies and State-Owned Enterprises.

He holds a BTech (Income Tax), Diploma in Internal Auditing and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Income Tax. Mr. Saayman completed his MTA Articles (SARS) and spent 12 years with SARS as Assistant Director.

Mr. Saayman has over 15 years Value Added Tax & Accounts Payable verification and recovery experience.

Mr. Pratish Ramdas: Head of Operations / Director

Mr. Ramdas joined MaxProf in 2008. He held a series of progressive positions within the company. Because he has a proven ability to deliver the maximum potential from all these positions, Mr. Ramdas is now a Director of the company and the Head of Operations.

Mr. Ramdas pursued a BCom in Accounting from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (Howard College). He did not just stop there but also acquired a Post-Graduate qualification in Advanced Value-Added Tax in 2012, he holds a General Tax Practitioner (SA)TM status with the South African Institute of Tax Professionals.

Mr. Ramdas believes that as the Head of Operations, he has a big and a key role in ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget while adhering to the market norms and industry standards. He also believes that all projects should be delivered as promised if expectations/promises are not exceeded.

Mr. Ramdas has over 10 years Value-Added Tax & Accounts Payable verification and recovery experience.