Job Title: vice president of IT
Company: DHL
Mahendra Beharie is the vice president of IT for Sub-Saharan Africa at DHL, a role he has held since November 2023.
Before taking on his current role, Mahendra served as vice president of customer services for Sub-Saharan Africa at the company.
He previously served as head of business IT operations for Sub-Saharan Africa and CIO for South Africa.
Earlier in his career, he held numerous IT, pricing, operations and customer service positions during his extensive tenure at DHL. He began his career at the company as a customs clerk in 1998.
Mahendra has over 26 years of experience at DHL, demonstrating multi-functional expertise across IT, customer services, finance, operations and commercial areas.
Mahendra holds an executive development program certification from GIBS and a BCom in management.
Work:
2023 – Present: vice president of IT for Sub-Saharan Africa, DHL
2019 – 2023: vice president of customer services for Sub-Saharan Africa, DHL
2013 – 2019: head of business IT operations for Sub-Saharan Africa and CIO for South Africa, DHL
2010 – 2013: head of pricing and products for Sub-Saharan Africa, DHL
2007 – 2010: pricing, products and analysis manager, DHL
2006 – 2007: sales tools and development manager, DHL
2004 – 2006: senior systems administrator and application analyst, DHL
2002 – 2004: systems administrator and solutions support analyst, DHL
2000 – 2002: helpdesk agent, DHL
1999 – 2000: information systems operator, DHL
1998 – 1999: customs clerk, DHL
Education:
2019: Executive development program certification, GIBS
2014: BCom in management, Unisa
About company: DHL is a multinational company operating in over 220 countries.
