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Cape Town Area, South Africa

Responsible for corporate services at RisCura, including Finance, HR, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Office, Risk, R&D and ICT.Manage the Corporate Services strategy and goalsDrive digital transformation within the RisCura group, including identifying areas for improvement, proposing and evaluating technology and automation solutions, coordinating digital initiatives and implementing solutionsResponsible for supplier strategy, management, and agreementsManage information and communications technology solutions, systems and vendors

Cape Town Area, South Africa

My team and I:- Developed and enhanced the Information Systems strategy, ensuring that it delivered Curo’s strategic objectives.- Transformed, improved and optimised teams and processes.- Delivered automation and strategic initiatives to take the company to new levels.- Managed and supported the information systems and infrastructure together with third party service providers.- Ensured best practice IT governance, security, and risk management.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

I was responsible for the following:- Team management, including team and technology strategy formulation, management of budgets, balanced scorecards, service level management and recruitment- Leadership of a team of 30 team leads, architects, analysts, developers, testers, UX designers and technical writer- Programme manager of the asset management suite of products, including management of priorities across client and business initiatives, grooming of the product and release backlogs- Research and partner product solution designs- Transformation to agile development practices and Scrum coach

Cape Town Area, South Africa

My position was that of R&D director responsible for the following:- Executive management of South African R&D activities, including strategy, finances and budgets, and overall product portfolio management- Management of a team of 100+ project managers, architects, analysts, developers, testers, documenters and line managers- Direct line management for the line managers, project office manager, support manager and architects- Change management and process improvement to continuously strive for high performing teams and increased quality- Management of R&D interaction with the rest of the Intec group, including participation in steering committees, escalation management, creation and rollout of strategy, portfolio planning

Cape Town Area, South Africa

I was responsible for the delivery of projects in an asset administration company, covering:- Managing a team of business analysts, who delivered all projects, resolved business issues and managed new client take-ons- Project office functions, including prioritisation of projects across all clients and business areas, project resourcing, project delivery and executive project communication- Finding opportunities for strategic or operational change to improve the overall capabilities of the organisation

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Old Mutual Group Technology Management:Assisted on Old Mutual Group strategic initiatives with building new business areas or capabilities.The primary focus was on developing a Third Party Administration business to perform business processing on behalf of overseas financial institutions.Old Mutual Unit Trusts:Responsible for the project office, architecture and all projects within the business. The team fluctuated to more than 100 people.Old Mutual Bank:Responsible for software development team of 45 people, as well as being the programme manager and lead architect.My responsibilities included:- Business planning, including developing strategy, planning projects, determining budgets and producing organisational design for core business and subcontracted services- Producing technology business cases and proposals to financial institutions for offshore administration- Enterprise architecture- Due diligence for the acquisition of a UK financial institution- Ownership and management of project delivery, programme management and prioritisation processes