Job Title: chief information officer
Company: Rand Merchant Bank
Emily Mbele is the chief information officer at Rand Merchant Bank. She has held this role since July 2021. Before this, Emily served as head of technology at Rand Merchant Bank.
She previously served as IT director at Gibela Rail Consortium.
Earlier in her career, she held senior technology leadership roles at Neotel, IBM, MTN and Telkom. Emily holds a bachelor of science in computer science and mathematics from the University of Cape Town. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in IT at the University of Pretoria.
Work:
2021 – Present: Chief information officer, Rand Merchant Bank
2018 – 2021: Head of technology, Rand Merchant Bank
2017 – 2018: IT director, Gibela Rail Consortium
2015 – 2017: Program manager, Gibela Rail Consortium
2014 – 2015: General manager PMO and solutions delivery, Neotel
2008 – 2015: Senior manager: IT solution delivery, Neotel
2008 – 2009: Business area manager, IBM
2005 – 2008: Test lead, MTN South Africa
2004 – 2005: Test automation specialist, FNB
2002 – 2004: Test analyst, Telkom
Education:
2021: Master's degree in IT (in progress), University of Pretoria
2015: Future CIO Program, GIBS Business School
2015: IT management certification, GetSmarter
2001: Bachelor of science in computer science and mathematics, University of Cape Town
About company: Rand Merchant Bank is a leading African corporate and investment bank and part of the FirstRand Group.
