Job Title: IT Director
Company: Virgin Active South Africa
Ankit Atul Shah has been the IT director for Virgin Active South Africa since 2022. He joined the company a year earlier as head of IT. Before that, he was a data architect and digital service owner at Anheuser-Busch InBev for two years.
Ankit started his career as a web and database developer at Accenture in 2007 and worked his way up to becoming service manager and customer relationship manager in 2019.
He has an MCA and a BSc in IT, as well as a higher secondary certificate in science.
Work
2022 – Present IT Director, Virgin Active South Africa
2023 – Present Head of IT, Kauai Group
2022 – 2022 Head of IT, Virgin Active South Africa
2021 – 2022 Head of IT Architecture, Virgin Active South Africa
2020 – 2021 Data Architect, Anheuser-Busch InBev
2019 – 2020 Digital Service Owner, Anheuser-Busch InBev
2016 – 2019 Service Manager and Customer Relationship Manager, Accenture
2018 – 2019 Project Manager, Accenture
2013 – 2019 Solutions Architect: Data, Accenture
2016 – 2017 MDM Lead and Architect, Accenture
2014 – 2016 Problem Manager, Accenture
2012 – 2014 Information Management Application Lead, Accenture
2012 – 2012 Supply Chain Planning Application Lead, Accenture
2011 – 2012 Information Management Application Lead, Accenture
2010 – 2011 Data Migration and Governance Consultant, Accenture
2007 – 2010 Web and Database Developer, Accenture
Education
2022 – 2022 Professional Certificate, Quantum Computing, MIT xPRO
2008 – 2010 MCA, IT, Sikkim Manipal University
2004 – 2007 BSc, IT, S K Somaiya College
2002 – 2004 Higher Secondary Certificate, Science, S K Somaiya College
About company: Virgin Active operates 136 health clubs across South Africa, Botswana and Namibia and is passionate about helping people of all ages to live an active life.
