Ruwayda Sadan is a qualified Chartered accountant, she completed her training in 1999 (Articles) with PwC. She then moved abroad  in the UK and worked with Ernst & Young and PwC in Risk Assurance Services for 4 years. At the end of the 4 years she moved to SThree plc, a listing Company in the UK where she worked as a Finance Manager for 3 years. In South Africa she worked for BP and Sanlam in Cape Town.  At BP she held various positions within Finance as a  Financial Controller for Africa, Business Analyst and Strategy Manager.

She is currently working for Doves Group (Pty) Ltd as the Head of Finance.