Job Title: Chief digital officer
Company: SITA
Portia Matsena is the chief digital officer role at SITA. She was previously divisional executive of hyper automation at Nedbank. She has held this role since August 2023. Portia previously served as managing director for cash management at Absa Group. She was also the chief information officer at BankservAfrica.
Before that, Portia served as group ICT head at Kansai Plascon. She holds a master of business administration with distinction from Unisa.
Work:
2026 - Present: Chief digital officer role, SITA
2023 – 2026: Divisional executive: hyper automation (group technology), Nedbank
2022 – 2023: Managing director: cash management South Africa, Absa Group
2020 – 2022: Chief information officer, BankservAfrica
2020 – 2020: Group ICT head, Kansai Plascon
2019 – 2020: Technical advisor: integrated financial management systems, National Treasury of South Africa
2016 – 2019: head of department – IFMS (Western Cape provincial government), SITA
2010 – 2019: acting group CIO and senior manager: application development, South African Post Office
2014 – 2015: Divisional head: ICT support services, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
2007 – 2008: Senior manager: financial systems, Limpopo Treasury
2001 – 2006: Technology consultant, Accenture
Education:
2023: Post-graduate program in data science and business analytics, The University of Texas at Austin
2013: Master of commerce in systems science and theory, University of KwaZulu-Natal
2012: Master of business administration (distinction), University of South Africa
2010: Certificate in outcome based monitoring and evaluation, University of Pretoria
About company: The State Information Technology Agency manages IT procurement, delivers e-Government services, and acts as the primary IT provider and infrastructure backbone for national and provincial government departments.
