Job Title: head of IT and CIO
Company: Redefine Properties
Obey Makhuvele is the head of IT and CIO at Redefine Properties, a role he has held since May 2024.
Before taking on his current role, Obey served as IT manager and head of IT operations at the company.
Earlier in his career, he held senior IT, software engineering and business analyst positions at Blue Label Telecoms, Investec Bank, Real IRM and SITA.
Obey has over a decade of experience leading enterprise technology strategy and digital transformation across the real estate, financial services, telecoms and consulting sectors.
He also holds an executive MBA from the Valar Institute at Quantic School of Business and Technology, a postgraduate diploma in business administration from the University of Witwatersrand, a BCom honours in business informatics from the University of South Africa and a BSc in computer science and information systems from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Work:
2024 – Present: head of IT and CIO, Redefine Properties
2022 – 2024: IT manager and head of IT operations, Redefine Properties
2021 – 2022: technical development team lead and senior software engineer, Blue Label Telecoms
2014 – 2021: technical lead and software engineer, Investec Bank
2013 – 2014: junior business analyst, Real IRM
2013 – 2013: business analyst intern, SITA
Education:
2025: Executive MBA, Valar Institute, Quantic School of Business and Technology
2018: Postgraduate diploma in business administration, University of Witwatersrand
2015: BCom honours in business informatics, University of South Africa
2012: BSc in computer science and information systems, University of KwaZulu-Natal
About company: Redefine Properties operates within the real estate sector
