Job Title: CIO
Company: AfriSam
Louise van der Bank was recognised as one of ITWeb’s Top 5 Visionary CIOs for 2015. She was appointed CIO of AfriSam in September 2010. Prior to this she was the CIO at the SA Post Office for three years. Louise also worked as director for SAP core banking at Standard Bank. She began her professional life at ArcelorMittal where she worked for twenty eight years. Louise has a BSc. Honours from North West University.
Work
2010 - Present CIO, AfriSam
2007 - 2010 CIO, SA Post Office
2005 - 2007 Director SAP Core Banking, Standard Bank
1987 - 2005 General Manager IT, ArcelorMittal
Education
2001 - 2001 Executive Program, University of Virginia School of Business
1987 - 1987 HDE Secondary Education, North West University
1983 - 1986 BSc Honours, North West University
About Afrisam: AfriSam (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd is the leading black-controlled building construction materials group in southern Africa with operations in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland and Tanzania. Founded in 1934 AfriSam is South Africa’s largest producer of aggregate and the second largest producer of cement and ready mixed concrete. AfriSam is a fully vertically-integrated supplier of cement, aggregates and ready mixed concrete situated in Gauteng.
