Job Title: Digital and Technology Director
Company: Heineken Beverages
Corlia van Zyl is the digital and technology director at Heineken Beverages where she has been since 2025. Before this, she was the head of ICT at Heineken Beverages and group information technology manager at Distell. Her tech career began in 1995 as a bookkeeper, asset administrator, and SAP system and business analyst at Distell.
She has since held leadership roles at leading organisations. Her educational accomplishments include postgraduate studies in digital marketing and digital strategy from MIT Columbia, and a postgraduate diploma in digital business from Emeritus. She also holds an honours in business management and has completed the Oxford women's leadership programme at the University of Oxford.
Work
2025 – Present Digital and Technology Director, Heineken Beverages
2023 – 2025 Head of ICT, Heineken Beverages
2019 – Present AFSUG Board Member, African SAP User Group
2019 – 2019 SAP S/4 HANA Steercom, AFSUG
2015 – 2023 Group Information Technology Manager, Distell
2009 – 2014 Enterprise Systems Manager, Distell
2000 – 2009 SAP System and Business Analyst, Distell
1995 – 2000 Bookkeeper, Asset Administrator, SAP System and Business Analyst, Distell
Education
2022 Oxford Women's Leadership Programme, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
2019 Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Business, Emeritus
1997 Bachelor of Commerce Honours, Unisa
About the company: Heineken, branded as The Heineken Company, is a Dutch multinational brewing company founded in 1864 in Amsterdam. It owns over 165 breweries in more than 70 countries
