Career Journey
A career of global, executive industrial technology leadership.
From global SAP rollouts at Anglo American and AngloGold Ashanti to Group CITO leadership at Master Drilling — eight executive chapters shaped by complexity, scale and accountability.
Feb 2024 – Present
Master Drilling Group Ltd
Group Chief Information & Technology Officer · Group Head: Centre of Excellence
Group Exco member reporting to the COO. Defining and executing the enterprise-wide digital and business transformation agenda for a global industrial business.
- Established Digital & Innovation Centre of Excellence with operating framework and capability model
- Led the global ERP & process transformation: design, regional localisation (Americas) and first-wave go-live
- Built Office of the CDO, Global ERP Competence Centre, Analytics & Data Science, AI capability and governance
- Strengthened global infrastructure, cybersecurity, planning, governance and architecture
- Rationalised vendor ecosystem, reducing TCO and building a strategic partner network
Oct 2020 – Jan 2024
Vedanta Zinc International
Head: Business Transformation Projects · Head: Centre of Excellence · CDIO
Member of the Vedanta Zinc International Executive Committee. Led transformation projects, the Centre of Excellence and the Digital & Information function.
- Directed transformation project portfolio in the COO office, reporting to the CFO and COO
- Onboarded strategic business partner for Gamsberg Mining production ramp-up
- Led ESG programmes: water, carbon & energy, biodiversity, communities, governance
- Delivered ZAR 1bn property and urban services portfolio across residential, retail, medical and education
- Led CDO, CIO, CISO and Enterprise Applications functions across Vedanta Zinc International
Aug 2016 – Sep 2019
Edcon Group
Divisional Executive: Digital & Technology · Strategic Assignments Executive
Executive accountability for CIO support, strategy execution, portfolio management, and the digital & technology Centres of Excellence.
- Led Strategy Process, Research, Execution Monitoring and Analysis
- Established Portfolio Management, Programme Delivery and Agile CoEs
- Directed test management, business analysis and organisational change CoEs
- Project-managed strategic business projects including divestment and digital transformation initiatives
Aug 2013 – Aug 2016
AngloGold Ashanti
Vice President: IM Planning & Governance (Global Role)
Member of IT Exco and IT Steering Committee. Globally accountable for strategy, enterprise architecture, governance, compliance and information & cyber security.
- Owned global IM strategy process and enterprise architecture
- Led compliance: King III & IV, SOX, global legal and regulatory requirements
- Directed information and cyber security programme
- Managed global IM investment, budget and portfolio
- Drove process maturity and IT process optimisation across all regions
May 2007 – Sep 2011
Exxaro Resources
Programme Director · PMO Director · ERP Programme Manager
Reporting to the Group CIO and Business Transformation Programme Leader. Led ERP and Human Resources programmes within the Business Transformation portfolio.
- Directed the Business Transformation PMO across the enterprise programme
- Delivered SAP ECC6, CRM, SRM, BCM and BPC implementations
- Owned ERP point solutions integration (Qmastor, Pivot)
- Established programme assurance, integration and quality management
May 2004 – May 2007
Anglo American
Programme Manager — Group IM | ERP (Global Role)
Led the first global template-based SAP ERP implementation in Anglo American, managing teams of 7 to 85 across People, Process and Technology.
- Architected the global SAP template
- Led HCM, SuccessFactors and SAP BW global rollout across the Americas, Africa and Australia
- Established global process standardisation and system controls
- Reported to the Group CIO and OneERP Global Implementation Manager
Earlier career
Debswana Diamond Company
Senior Programme Manager — Strategic Programmes
Strategic programme delivery within the diamond mining sector, reporting to the Group Head: Services and Steering Committee.
- Programme delivery across business and technology workstreams
- Stakeholder engagement across operations and corporate functions
Mar 1999 – Mar 2003
Ohlthaver & List Group
Group Head: ICT (CIO) · Managing Director, ICT Holdings
Consolidated multiple group IT functions into a profitable ICT division (today Dimension Data Namibia) with transparent SLAs across the group.
- Established ICT strategy, architecture, standards and governance
- Built the ICT Holdings business — hardware, software, services, SAP and Microsoft consulting
- Set up service delivery, financial and demand management functions
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