Diego Pretorius

Summary

Diego Pretorius is a finance professional with a track record of shipping high-impact work. Known for clear written communication and a bias toward measurable outcomes. Comfortable working across product, engineering, and design in fast-moving environments.

Experience

• Director of Financeat Northwind2008–now

  • Shipped a finance initiative that improved revenue by 45%.
  • Built a scalable service adopted by 3 teammates.
  • Mentored 1 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• Financial Analystat Hooli2005–2009

  • Shipped a finance initiative that improved retention by 48%.
  • Built a data pipeline adopted by 4 teammates.
  • Mentored 2 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• FP&A Managerat Discovery2002–2006

  • Shipped a finance initiative that improved latency by 51%.
  • Built a design system adopted by 5 teammates.
  • Mentored 3 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• Director of Financeat Shoprite1999–2003

  • Shipped a finance initiative that improved NPS by 54%.
  • Built a tooling framework adopted by 6 teammates.
  • Mentored 4 engineers; ran the interview loop.

Education

• BSc · Finance

  University of Cape Town · 2008–2012

Communication log

Recent comms

• inboundemail8/7/2026, 1:02:59 AMby Elle
  Feedback from the panel

  Touching base on the Data Scientist · executive · axdemo #001 search. Happy to share more context when useful.

• outboundphone8/6/2026, 6:02:59 PM

  Touching base on the Data Scientist · executive · axdemo #001 search. Happy to share more context when useful.

• outboundnote8/6/2026, 11:02:59 AMby Elle

  Touching base on the Data Scientist · executive · axdemo #001 search. Happy to share more context when useful.

• inboundnote8/4/2026, 4:02:59 PM

  Touching base on the NLP Engineer · executive · axdemo #058 search. Happy to share more context when useful.