Job Title: CIO
Company: AVI Ltd
Eugene Van Der Merwe was appointed CIO of AVI Ltd in August 2016. Prior to this he was an infrastructure services executive for eight years at UCS Solutions. He also worked in solutions development for ten years at Business Connexion. Eugene possesses expertise in a wide range of areas, from procurement to service management and infrastructure and systems architecture design, through to information security, data privacy compliance and the planning and delivery of successful projects. He has an MSc. in Metaphysics from the University of Sedona.
Work
2016 - Present Executive: ITSS and CIO, AVI Ltd
2015 - 2016 Infrastructure Services Executive, AVI Ltd
2007 - 2015 Executive: Infrastructure Services, UCS Solutions
1997 - 2007 Solutions Development, Business Connexion
Education
2005 - 2008 MSc. Metaphysics, University of Sedona
About AVI: AVI Limited is home to many of South Africa’s leading and best-loved brands including Five Roses, Willards, Bakers, I&J and Provita. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the Food Products sector, and centred on the FMCG market, AVI’s extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. It states that its single-minded purpose is its brands’ growth and development
