At the age of 42, he was appointed Deputy CEO for PwC Southern Africa and a member of the Southern Africa executive committee. 

He was the Chairman of Business Skills for South Africa Foundation, a non-profit organisation that has provided business skills training to over 18 000 entrepreneurs from disadvantaged communities. 

He was Chairman of the Nepad Business Foundation – a Pan-African business foundation that seeks to put Africa on a path of sound sustainable economic development. 

Stanley was on the board of Business Unity South Africa (‘BUSA’) and Chairman of its audit committee.

Stanley qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1987 and was appointed audit partner at PwC, serving a number of the firm’s large clients both in the public and private sectors. 

During his 27 years in the audit profession as an audit partner and later as a member of the Exco of PwC he led large and complex assignments, attended audit committee meetings of key clients, was the technical partner, trained board and audit committee members on the roles and responsibilities of the board and on governance, and gained valuable experience across the various sectors. He represented the Southern African firm in a number of PwC’s African and global structures. 

These roles provided Stanley with a wide international view and exposure to global clients.  He is an independent non-executive director on the board of the Nedbank Group and Chairman of the Group Audit Committee. He is an independent non–executive director on the board of Sasol Limited. He is the non-executive Chairman of the Terrasan Group.