South Africa

Prof. Muzamani Nwaila is Director-General in the Department of Traditional Affairs, a position he has held since September 2010. He holds a DLitt in English from the University of Pretoria, a Master’s degree in English from Durham University United Kingdom, and a BA (Hons) degree from the University of the Witswatersrand (Wits). He also acquired… read more »

Ms Sarah Choane was appointed to her current position in 2007. She holds a BCom (Hons) degree from the University of South Africa and has participated in the University of the Witswatersrand and Harvard’s senior executive programme hosted locally and abroad. Ms Choane served as a chief financial officer and deputy director-general: Corporate Services at… read more »

Mr Sipho Zikode was appointed to his current position in April 2011. He holds an MBA from the University of Pretoria, a BCom degree from the University of the Witswatersrand and an engineering diploma from the then Mangosuthu Technikon. Mr Zikode is responsible for managing the division responsible for policies and programmes that promote enterprise… read more »

Mr Nimrod Zalk was appointed to his current position in June 2009. He holds an MSc in Economics from London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. Mr Zalk is responsible for the development and implementation of industrial and sectoral policies and strategies and their co-ordination and implementation. He has been involved in a range of… read more »

Mr Lionel October is the Director- General in the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), a position he has held since January 2011. He has a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of London, and a legal degree from the University of Western Cape. Mr October was instrumental in key trade negotiations with the… read more »

Vincent Mello is an IT professional with 18 years in the ICT industry and 15 years of management-level experience in IT strategy, IT governance, IT compliance, risk management, infrastructure and operations, IT audit, change management, project management, SAP basis & authorisation, database administration, SHEQ management, ICT policies, disaster recovery, business continuity, quality management system (ISO… read more »

Tommy Thompson is a passionate IT security professional with close on 15 years’ experience. Starting as a firewall engineer in 2001, Thompson has assisted a variety of companies, in various roles, with their cyber security problems. He holds a BComm degree in information management and has recently certified as a Certified SCADA Security Professional.

With over 18 years of experience in information security and privacy, Tiaan van Schalkwyk is associate director: Deloitte, Risk Advisory Africa. He is responsible for selling, delivering and managing information security, IT governance and BCM/DR consulting engagements. He has a breadth of ICT experience across various proprietary and open source technologies. This experience is augmented… read more »

Stewart is the Director of Professional Service at Digital Shadows and responsible for any project undertaken by the organisation that falls outside of the core SearchLight™ offering. With a long career in Threat Intelligence dating back to 2009 and technical intelligence dating back further to 2004, Stewart brings a significant amount of experience to any… read more »

Scott Manson leads Cisco’s Cyber Security Sales and Operations across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey region. With IOT and digitisation at the heart of Cisco’s solution offerings, Manson’s responsibilities include driving a security architecture to facilitate the changing business models in the customer base. From consultancy, advisory services to products and architectures, Manson runs… read more »

With a career rooted in system engineering, Samresh started his career in telecommunications – implementing Value Added Systems for the major carriers in South Africa. He was soon fascinated with the manner in which billing systems could be subverted which has led to a further 18 years of study and work in the Cybersecurity field… read more »

Samantha is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa as well as a Certified Information Privacy Manager with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (“IAPP”). Samantha’s legal and regulatory compliance work in the public and private sector over the last 6 years has included managing various regulatory and privacy law projects. Her… read more »

Ryan Hogarth is the author of the recently published “How to Win Influence & Friend People”. He has spent the past five years immersing himself in the world of social media, and mobile and technology to understand how these have caused the seismic shift in business thinking we have seen in the last decade. He… read more »

Richard Bailey, IT director at Virgin Active South Africa, is responsible for the full ICT portfolio. Before joining Virgin Active, Bailey worked as a business consultant at Accenture and then as the CTO for Fundamo, a pioneering start-up in the mobile payments space that was eventually acquired by Visa Inc. Bailey is excited about the… read more »

Praven Pillay holds the position of managing director at Maxtec. With more than 20 years’ IT experience, Pillay has shown remarkable capability and has honed and enhanced his skills to become a well-respected IT expert. As shareholder and an integral part of the executive team, he successfully delivers Maxtec’s offering to the marketplace by the… read more »