From a CA to a Fitness expert: Meet CA(SA) Rudi Witkowsky who took a bold move of redirecting his career to pursue his passion

• Hi, I am Rudi Witkowsky, a CA(SA) and fitness expert based in South Africa.
• From pursuing CA to operating as an Audit Manager and Advisory Consultant in Big Corporates, I have changed directions in my career and rebounded by deciding to translate my passion for fitness into my job.
• I was featured in Men’s Health Magazine and even won the HEAT magazine competition. I was even bestowed with the honor to be featured on Cosmopolitan for the sexist man calendar which further propelled my fitness journey.
• Here is my story of resilience.

Deciding to pursue CA  

From a very young age, I was academically strong in accounting and mathematics. At that point in time, CA was a promising career path that guaranteed success and stable life.

Also, the CA (SA)’s in my life were very admirable and successful. It all made perfect sense and I decided that it was the right career path for me.

In other respects, I was interested in computer science or programming and loved computers. However, since two of my brothers were engineers, I wanted to be different and decided to embark on a long and challenging journey of Pursuing CA.