Job Title: Group CITO
Company: Absa
Johnson Idesoh was appointed as the Group CITO of Absa in January 2023. Before that, he was the CIO at Old Mutual and also served as a part-time executive board member at CABS. Johnson spent several years working at Aviva as an IT strategist and architecture director. He has also worked at AstraZeneca as a programme director and VP for drug development information. He got his professional start as a consultant manager at Accenture. Johnson has an MBA from the University of Strathclyde.
Work
2023 - Present Chief Information and Technology Officer, Absa
2021 - 2022 Executive Board Member, CABS
2018 - 2022 CIO, Old Mutual
2014 - 2018 CTO, Old Mutual Emerging Markets
2013 - 2014 COO Transformation & Non IT Shared Services Director, Aviva
2012 - 2013 IT and Change Director, Aviva
2007 - 2012 IT Strategy and Architecture Director, Aviva
2005 - 2007 Information Systems Director, Aviva
2005 - 2005 VP, Global Drug Development Information, AstraZeneca
2003 - 2005 Programme Director, AstraZeneca
1998 - 2003 Global Head Drug Development IS, AstraZeneca
1991 - 1998 Consultant Manager, Accenture
Education
2022 - 2022 Advanced Management Programme, Harvard Business School
1998 - 2001 MBA, University of Strathclyde
1987 - 1991 Bachelor’s Avionics, University of Glasgow
About Absa Group: is a South African-based financial services group, offering personal and business banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management, as well as bank assurance.
