Job Title: Group chief information officer
Company: Prosus
Evan Person is the group chief information officer at Prosus. Before taking on his role at Prosus in 2022, he spent over a decade at Naspers, where he served at Naspers Foundry, before that he served as head of group analytics and special projects, and prior to that was the chief product officer of MIH SWAT.
Before taking on his role at Prosus in 2022, he spent over a decade at Naspers, where he served at Naspers Foundry, before that he served as head of group analytics and special projects, and prior to that was the chief product officer of MIH SWAT. During his tenure at Naspers, he also served as board director at Aerobotics, and prior to that board director at SweepSouth.
Evan holds a master of business administration in finance (cum laude) from Warwick Business School, an LLB from the University of South Africa, a postgraduate diploma in management from the University of Cape Town, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Cape Town.
Work:
2022 – Present Group chief information officer, Prosus
2020 – 2023 Board director, Aerobotics
2019 – 2020 Board director, SweepSouth
2018 – 2022 Naspers Foundry, Naspers
2013 – 2022 Head of group analytics and special projects, Naspers
2011 – 2012 Chief product officer of MIH SWAT, Naspers
2009 – 2011 Vice president of products, KnowledgeTree
2009 – 2009 Scrum evangelist, MXit Lifestyle
2004 – 2008 Director of product, Korbitec
2002 – 2003 Project manager, Korbitec
1998 – 2002 Business analyst, Korbitec
1996 – 1998 Management consultant, Can!Do Consulting
Education:
MBA in finance (cum laude), Warwick Business School
LLB, University of South Africa
Postgraduate diploma in management, University of Cape Town
Bachelor's degree, University of Cape Town
About company:
Prosus is a global consumer internet group and technology investor listed on Euronext Amsterdam with a secondary listing on the JSE.
