Job Title: CIO
Company: ABF Sugar
Debbie Vermaak is the CIO at ABF Sugar. Before moving to her current role, she served as the CIO of De Beer Group since 2020. She has more than three decades of IT experience with at least 20 of those years having been in global roles.
Work
2025–Present CIO, ABF Sugar
2020–2025 CIO, De Beers Group
2016–2020 Global IM Manager Midstream, De Beers Group
2015–2015 Manager Corporate Functions and Assurance, De Beers Group
2014–2015 Programme Manager: Ascent (on assignment from Anglo American)
2011–2013 Global Senior Category Manager – IM, Anglo American
2008–2011 EMEA Infrastructure Manager, Anglo American
2005–2008 Senior IT Specialist Manager – Integrated Delivery Centre Manager, IBM
2004–2005 Transition Manager: Amsterdamsche Bank and the Rotterdamsche Bank (ABN AMRO Bank), IBM
Education
Programming course
Project management course
IBM management programme
Gartner executive programme
About ABF Sugar: Formerly known as Illovo Sugar Africa, ABF Sugar manufactures a diverse range of products including sugar, animal feed, ethanol, speciality and generate electricity from renewable energy sources such as bagasse.
