Elize Audit and Assurance Quality & Risk Management Expert and HRM

Elize Wilson

Senior Technical Advisor & Quality Reviewer

Agribusiness, Floriculture and Fisheries | Manufacturing & Distribution | Financial Services | Not for Profit, Gov't & Public Sector | Natural Resources & Energy | Infrastructure, Real Estate & Construction, Transport & Logistics | Technologies, Media & Telecom | Consumer Business

Executive summary

Elize Wilson is an Audit and Assurance Quality & Risk Management Expert, dedicated to ensuring audit excellence and adherence to best practices across the regions. With over 25 years of experience in external audit and audit quality support, she specializes in audit quality, IFRS and ISA compliance, and ethical and legislative standards. Elize has worked extensively with clients across public and private sectors in roles spanning external audit, tax, quality control, and forensic work. Before joining BDO East Africa, she served as an engagement director at an audit firm in Stellenbosch and joined BDO South Africa in 2024. She is a Chartered Accountant (CA.SA) registered with SAICA, a registered auditor with the IRBA, and holds a BCompt Honours degree from UNISA.

Elize also specializes in developing new products to enhance audit and assurance quality reviews. Her expertise includes serving as an audit director and performing monitoring reviews for audit partners over two decades. Her vast experience and commitment to excellence make her a key asset to the Audit and Assurance function at BDO East Africa.