Professor Brandon Topham is an experienced forensic accountant having performed work in most industries in many areas of financial misconduct. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant in South Africa and an Admitted advocate of the High Court of South Africa as well as a non-practising member on the roll of the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England & Wales.

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 He holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB); a BProc BCompt; BCompt (Hons) and Master of Law (LLM) degrees. He also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Taxation and is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Chartered Director (IODSA) and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He has a Master of Business Administration from Edinburgh Business School.

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He has served as a member of the South African Parliament, and served on the Trade & Industry, Finance, Auditor General and Appropriations Committees. He was the Divisional Executive at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority responsible for the Enforcement & Investigation Division.

He is appointed as an Associate Professor of Practice at North West University’s Business School.