Buhle Hanise is a qualified Chartered Accountant. National Head of Business Restructuring at BDO. Previously the COO. Buhle was the CFO of BAIC Automobile SA a Chinese automotive manufacturer. Board Chair person of Summit Africa Private Equity Fund. Investment Committee member of Mahlako Energy Fund. Seasoned Non-Executive Director in both Listed & Unlisted Companies.

Multi Award recipient: 2024 The Positive Role Model Award at the Gender Mainstreaming Awards. In 2025, Emerging Woman leader Award from Africa Rising Leadership. Finalist of the Manager Award at BMF in 2024. Finalists of SAICA Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards in the Business Leadership category.
Listed as Mail & Guardian Top 50 Power of Women in 2020.

Buhle is the former President of the African Women Chartered Accountants Forum(“AWCA”).

Buhle is a member of the SAICA Council, SARIPA & International Women’s Forum South Africa (IWFSA).

Buhle completed an Advanced Course in Business Rescue Practice from the Law Society of South Africa. She also completed a Development Finance Programme from the University of Stellenbosch Business School. Insolvency Law at the University of Johannesburg. In 2014, she obtained an Advanced Certificate in Emerging Markets and Country Risk Analysis at Fordham University in New York, the USA.

Buhle previously held positions at the IDC, Standard Bank, Nedbank & KPMG.