Job Title: CIO
Company: Tiger Brands
Eugene Van Der Merwe was appointed CIO of Tiger Brands in November 2025. Prior to this, he was the CIO at AVI. 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
2025 - Present CIO, Tiger Brands
2016 - 2025 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 Tiger Brands: Tiger Brands is one of Africa's largest listed manufacturers of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), with its core business focused on manufacturing, marketing, and distributing a wide range of branded food and beverage products, as well as home and personal care items.
