Job Title: Head of ICT
Company: Moolmans
Brian Bownass is the head of ICT at Moolmans, a role he has held since 2024.
Before joining Moolmans, Brian served as CIO of operations and modernisation at Aveng Group.
He previously served as director at Polybius Solutions and managing executive of the technology transformational solutions division at BCX.
Earlier in his career, he held senior IT and management positions at Road Accident Fund, Nampak, Ernst & Young Africa, Standard Bank of South Africa and First National Bank of South Africa. He also served as a captain in the South African National Defense Force.
Brian holds a master of business administration and a diploma in financial and estate planning. He is also a certified information systems auditor and a certified associate of the Institute of Bankers of South Africa.
Work:
2024 – Present: head of ICT, Moolmans
2021 – 2022: CIO of operations and modernisation, Aveng Group
2019 – 2021: director, Polybius Solutions
2017 – 2019: managing executive of technology transformational solutions, Business Connexion
2012 – 2017: national sales manager of technology connexion, Business Connexion
2009 – 2012 - chief information officer, Road Accident Fund
2006 – 2009: managing executive for the Edcon account, Business Connexion
2003 – 2006: group IT service delivery executive, Nampak
2001 – 2003: KZN regional manager of information systems audit and assurance services, Ernst & Young Africa
2000 – 2001: senior manager of information systems audit and assurance services, Ernst & Young Africa
1999 – 1999: manager of information systems audit and assurance services, Ernst & Young Africa
1998 – 1999: senior manager of information systems audit, Standard Bank of South Africa
1995 – 1998: information systems audit specialist and forensic auditor, First National Bank of South Africa
1995 – 1995: FMS systems support official, Infoplan
1988 – 1995: captain, South African National Defense Force
Education:
1997 - 2000: Master of business administration, Oxford Brookes University
About company: Moolmans is an open-cast mining business.
