Ritesh is a Chartered Accountant and completed his articles at KPMG in the Financial Services Division. Having previously headed up finance departments at large listed and multinational companies, Ritesh has gained extensive exposure to Financial Reporting and Accounting, Risk and Controls, Human Resources, Information Technology and Procurement. Ritesh joined Pareto in 2013 as the Group Financial Manager and was promoted to the role of Portfolio Manager in 2015 and later that year was appointed CFO of Mowana Properties (managing a portfolio of c. R35 billion). Ritesh also holds a Property Development and Investment qualification from the University of Cape Town