Investec Bank Mauritius Ltd

Leading the transformation of our tech capabilities with a focus on excellence and client-centric service. 

- Leading the Mauritius Tech team and fostering a culture of excellence.
- Implementing leadership development programs for sustainability.
- Enhancing accountability and aligning expectations with organisational goals.

Introduced operational and governance processes, aligned with industry standards, enhancing efficiency and compliance. Collaborated with fellow senior leadership to set strategic directions and reported to the Board of Directors on Technology initiatives.

My role also involved aligning technology strategy with organisational objectives, enabling digital servicing, and ensuring a cutting-edge digital experience for clients. Accountable for overseeing IT budgets, technology architecture, and application roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business goals and mitigating risks.

With a dedicated team, we've consistently achieved our objectives on time, within budget, and to the highest standard.

Chief Information Officer

Provide leadership, mentoring, development and coaching to team members. Remove obstacles for the team to deliver and cultivate passionate, talented individuals who are empowered and committed.

Create and design the Data Strategy for Investec Specialist Bank, and develop the measurement framework to track maturity and progress.

Operational and Strategic management of the Business Intelligence & Operational Analytics capability within Private Bank. Identify and test Machine learning use cases and implementation of the models within Private Bank South Africa. 

Refactor and design of business intelligence data architecture. Implementation of auto data warehousing to ensure delivery of data consistency and efficiency within the environment.

In short... we make the “data magic” for Investec!

Head Business Intelligence Private Bank South Africa & Global Digital

CyberPro Consulting (Pty) Ltd

Senior Data Scientists at Investec,  working on democratizing analytics within the organization.

Senior Data Scientist

South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Developed and introduced a new reporting methodology and mechanism which integrates multiple measures within one interface to increase data utilisation and management of day-to-day activities. It also allows Management to see the impact of decisions and track the success rate of strategic priorities in a very short space of time. Recommendations for corrective actions with probability of success are also shown based on Predictive Model outputs.

Debt Collection Predictive Model - Developed and implemented a collectability model for Debt Collection; the model enables debt collectors to work on debt cases with the highest probability of payment, thereby reducing the total case load and increase efficiency. The implementation of this model brought on a new era in the way the organisation utilises information and analytics to improve processes and performance.

Assisted the World Bank with a Macro Economic modelling exercise regarding the effectiveness of Corporate tax incentives in the current tax system. The outcome of the study was used as input to the Davis Tax Committee on possible tax reform changes.

Provide insight to Executive & Senior management on possible behavioural shifts of taxpayers and changes in submission and payment patterns, quantify future risk factors with probability of occurrence and highlight possible solutions.

Developed and managed the Submission Forecast models used to track submissions of Taxpayers and Employers during both filing seasons. The Filing Season submissions and Forecasts are the official view of the filing seasons in the organisation. 

Provide career mentoring and shaping of BEE talent to ensure optimal fit and results for the division and organisation. Responsible for management of a team of analysts, specialist and data engineers driving the strategic direction of future projects.

Manager Performance Analytics

Nedbank

End-to-end Costing and Profitability

Designed, implemented and produced the product profitability reports, which included all Capital, Funding, Revenue and cost components for each product.

Established a process to ensure a central view of the Bank’s product profitability was done at Group Finance Divisional level.

Transfer Pricing

Key role player in the Design, management and execution of the Central Transfer Pricing model to determine the Inward Transfer Pricing for all Clusters. The results were crucial in ensuring the financial statements of the bank were correctly portrayed.

Manager Activity Based Costing & Product Profitability

Dex Data

Obtained in-depth knowledge of life and short term insurance industries specifically on pricing models and Valuation.

Engaged with external clients on new business opportunities and ventures.

Understanding and quantifying risk elements within business, and plan accordingly based on quantitative data, empirical and scientific evidence

Statistician

Rentmeester Assurance

Obtained valuable knowledge on the application of Statistical Modelling and Forecasting methodologies in order to assist management with organisational decisions at Operational and Strategic level.

Actuarial Assistant

As the Chief Information Officer at Investec Bank Mauritius Ltd, I lead the transformation of our tech capabilities with a focus on excellence and client-centric service.

My core competencies include data analytics, machine learning, leadership development, operational and governance processes, and digital servicing. I have a restless spirit and a passion for questioning the conventional and using my imagination to help teams solve complex problems.

Daniel Seymore

KPMG Ireland

Technology Risk Specialist in technology consulting, focusing on identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks in organisations’ technology landscapes.

In today’s digital-driven world, I help businesses address challenges like cyber threats, data breaches, and regulatory compliance, ensuring operational resilience and secure innovation. Collaborating with a dynamic team, I engage with clients across various sectors, contributing to impactful risk management strategies and exploring emerging technologies for a safer digital future.

Technology Risk Leader

Manica Group Namibia (Pty) Ltd

In my capacity as the technology leader, I have the responsibility of supervising and managing all technology-related activities within the Manica Group. This entails the formulation of strategic plans, making informed decisions, and implementing technology initiatives that are in line with the organisation's overarching business objectives. Moreover, the role holds a significant position in shaping Manica's technology landscape and spearheading digital transformation efforts.

Information and Communication Technology Professional 

Bank of Namibia

• Translate users’ requests into well-structured and clearly documented draft Business Cases for IT engagement and end-users alike as changing business needs arise to align business requirements to alternative technology solutions.

• Gather business requirements and information by visiting stakeholders to understand their needs and model them into effective system requirements to ensure system and database requirements within the IT infrastructure can adequately meet the desired needs of the business.

• Assist with the drafting of feasibility studies by reviewing options and recommending alternative solutions for consideration on an annual basis to ensure the right solutions are identified and selected for the Bank in a cost-effective manner.

• Serve as a technology expert between end-users and IT on business systems projects to ensure business needs are translated into functional software applications.

• Conduct functional and user acceptance testing to ensure new business systems achieve the intended business requirements for end-users once new systems are implemented.

• Conduct training on various business systems to applicable end-users as the needs arise to ensure staff are well versed with operating the systems to ensure increased value and make use of key benefits from IT business systems.

• Provide second-level technical support and preventative maintenance on various business systems daily for end-users to ensure users can be productive with an available IT System that is operating optimally.

Senior Business Analyst: Information Technology 

Innovation Hub Memeber

• Conduct off-site monitoring activities as per the Risk-Based Oversight Policy Framework;
• Conduct on-site assessments in line with the approved examination/onsite assessment plan in line with the Bank’s 
policies;
• Liaise with the Payments Association of Namibia (PAN) and relevant payments stakeholders regarding payment systems 
matters;
• Administer and analyse cost and pricing surveys annually;
• Assess applications to issue payment instruments and for participation in clearing and settlement systems and produce 
assessment reports;
• Act as a catalyst to facilitate the reform of payment systems in Namibia through participation at various stakeholder 
meetings;
• Undertake and contribute to strategic projects that will further the interests of the National Payments System as a whole

Senior Payment Systems Analyst: Oversight

Scouts Namibia

Finance Committee Member

Bank Windhoek

Senior Business Analyst

The Business Analyst is the functional expert on the specified project or process; he/she will be the
point of contact between the business unit Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Information
Technology’s Application Development Specialist and will work closely with the Project Managers and
other stakeholders to align processes and projects with the business.

Business Analyst

EFT and Cards Officer

Cards Recon Clerk

Standard Bank Group

Pension Loan Officer

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