S.W. Le Roux, CPA, CA (SA)

Mr. Le Roux is a licensed CPA (Arizona, California, New Jersey) and Chartered Accountant (South Africa). Prior to joining Estancia, Mr. Le Roux spent the bulk of his professional career in public accounting out of RSM US LLP’s New York City office, where he performed the audits of both non-financial (2008-2009) and financial services (2010-2020) companies. Mr. Le Roux’s primary industry focus since 2010 has been private equity, where he has managed and led the audits of middle market private equity funds and fund of funds clients with assets under management (AUM) ranging from $500 million to $40 billion. During his time at RSM US LLP, Mr. Le Roux also developed and facilitated (both in-person and virtual) various private equity, audit and independence-specific trainings for in-office, national and international audiences. More recently, Mr. Le Roux was a member of RSM’s National Office of Risk Management, where he led a team of professionals tasked with monitoring the independence of large private equity structures with global footprints. Prior to joining RSM US LLP at the start of 2008 (McGladrey LLP at the time), Mr. Le Roux spent three years at RSM Betty & Dickson in South Africa auditing manufacturing, retail, and software companies under both local Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Outside of public accounting, Mr. Le Roux served as a Vice President in SS&C Technologies Inc.’s Private Equity Fund Accounting Services group (NYC office) between November 2015 and April 2018.

Mr. Le Roux earned both his Bachelor and Honors (postgraduate) of Accounting Sciences from the University of Pretoria in South Africa.