How To Keep Your Money

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Welcome to 'Caroline's Club'. You will hear first-hand discussions from a wide network of experts and respected specialists on how to protect and preserve the wealth of the world's rich and famous. Interviews are led by Caroline Garnham, CEO of GFOS, a lawyer and tax specialist with decades of experience in guiding UHNW families to the solution which best suits them and their family. Subscribe to our Podcast and learn from expert Professionals.
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Interpreting Complex Finance Across Cultures, Charters and Listed Reporting. Beulah Van Wyk
Wednesday, 25 February, 2026

In episode 65, I talk to Beulah Van Wyk, an accountant and former finance director/manager who now helps stakeholders troubleshoot, interpret and resolve complex financial situations. Beulah shares how she moved into accountancy in South Africa, her interest in the legal side of finance, and how M&A experience shapes decision-making because in-house teams must "live with" reporting and value consequences. Listeners learn practical lessons on balancing management information with listed-company reporting demands, managing systems implementations under pressure, and keeping operations moving while maintaining controls. Beulah explains a real structuring challenge where government empowerment and local ownership requirements conflicted with an integrated plant that couldn't be physically split, requiring contractual, transfer-pricing and asset-boundary solutions over 18 months. She also describes turning around a fragmented multi-country African operation by centralising procurement, enforcing cash controls, and building cooperation across cultures. The episode highlights the value of "interpreting" between finance teams and non-financial leaders. CONNECT WITH CAROLINE: Our club ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ gives you real-life stories and examples of how our club professionals can guide you on 'How to Keep Your Money' ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caroline's Club⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ caroline@carolines.club