Job Title: CEO
Company: Change Catalyst
Aveena Mothilall was appointed as the CIO of Engen Petroleum in 2022 and promoted to Head of Data in 2024. Today, Aveena has ventured off into entrepreurship and is now the founder of Change Catalyst, a youth development organisation. At Engen, she was responsible for all information and technology products and services across the group.
Her educational accomplishments include a postgraduate diploma in information technology as a bachelor of commerce degree in information technology. Aveena also won the 2024 CIO Awards Smart Data award for her work at Engen.
Work
2025–Present CEO/Founder, Change Catalyst
2024–2025 Head of Data, Engen Petroleum
2022–2024 Chief information officer, Engen Petroleum
2021–Present Engen journey day1 product owner and IT transformation, Engen Petroleum
2018–Present IT manager business partner supply chain & refinery, journey consultant & architect, Engen Petroleum
2017–2018 Cutover lead – CCBA SAP carveout and template rollout, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa
2015–2017 Capital portfolio manager, Sasol Energy
2013–2014 Business optimisation manager: M&S business enablement, Sasol Oil
2010–2013 Business transformation manager, Sasol Oil
2008–2010 Sasol India CTL marketing manager, Sasol Synfuels
2006–2008 Business controls manager, Sasol Oil
2002 –2006 SAP & unique applications manager, Sasol Oil IM
2001–2002 Solution manager, City Power
2001–2001 Process engineer, Nedcor
1999–2001 Applications analyst, South African Breweries
Education
1996 –1998 Postgraduate degree in Information Technology: Management Information Systems, University of Natal
1992–1998 BCom in information technology, University of Natal
Women in leadership programme, Duke
Sasol senior accelerated leadership programme, University of Stellenbosch Business School
Managing managers programme, GIBS
Situational leadership management
About Change Catalyst: Change Catalyst is a South African company focused on developing the relevant skills for the future of work and empowering youth through employment opportunities.
