Lynette Badenhorst


Qualifications

CA (SA), M.Com Tax (Domestic & International)

Biography

Lynette Badenhorst graduated in 1985 from the University of the Free State, with a BComt Honours degree and qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1993. She has been a member of IRBA as a registered auditor (RA) since 1993, is a member of SAICA as a CA (SA). After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant Lynette also obtained:

- An advanced Certificate in Tax;
- Masters Degree in Domestic Tax;
- A Certificate in Forensic and Investigative Auditing; and
- A Masters Degree in International Tax.

In 1997 Lynette joined a training firm called PROS Training and was the Training Manager until it merged with BETA Training in 2003. Lynette was the financial director and a shareholder of the merged company, ProBeta Accountancy Development (Pty) Ltd until the end of 2012, when the company restructured into 3 different companies, one of which was ProBeta Training (Pty) Ltd.

Lynette is currently the Managing Director and a shareholder of ProBeta Training (Pty) Ltd.

Lynette has lectured auditing and taxation at various institutions including the North West University, Damelin College, Vista University as well as annual auditing update courses to various Institutes e.g. Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants, Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants, Lesotho Institute of Chartered Accountants, Financial Reporting Standards Council (Mauritius) and the Swaziland Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Lynette also presented the following courses to Fasset members: Compliance with changes in Legislation (2009,2010,2012,2013), Companies Act of 2008 (2011), Budget and tax update (2012, 2014). During her career she has trained hundreds of trainees, managers and partners throughout South Africa on the Probe MMX audit methodology as well as various other topics including taxation and ethics.