Job Title: CIO
Company: Santam Insurance
Sam Nkosi has been the chief information officer (CIO) of Santam Insurance since July 2023. Before this, he was the CIO of Sasria SOC and the Auditor-General of South Africa. He has extensive experience in leading digital transformation for technology operations of well-known organisations like Absa, Fujitsu, SARS, Standard Bank, and Investec prior to this.
Additionally, Sam is a proponent of continuously learning and improving. He has taken part in several programmes around digital transformation and leadership at the Harvard Business School, as well as the CIO Academy at Saïd Business School (University of Oxford), and holds a Master's in Information Systems from Leeds Beckett University.
Work
2023 – Present Chief Information Officer, Santam Insurance
2017 – 2023 Non-Executive Director, Hollard Group
2017 – 2023 Chief Information Officer, Sasria SOC
2014 – 2017 Chief Information Officer, Auditor-General of South Africa
2010 – 2014 Head: Technology Operations, GTIS Africa Technology, Absa
2008 – 2010 Head: Service Delivery and Account Management, Fujitsu
2005 – 2008 Manager: Service Delivery, South African Revenue Services
2004 – 2005 Project Specialist, Wincor Nixdorf Services UK
2003 – 2004 Senior Manager: Infrastructure Operations, State Information Technology Agency
2000 – 2002 Manager: Information Architecture, Standard Bank
1990 – 2000 Group Change Manager and IT Specialist, Investec
Education
2022 –2022 Advanced Management Programme, Harvard Business School
2018 – 2019 Digital Transformation Programme, Harvard Business School
1999 – 2001 MSc: Information Systems, Leeds Beckett University
2015 – 2015 CIO Academy, IT Strategy and Implementation, Saïd Business School
About company: Santam is an authorised financial services provider, a licensed non-life insurer and the controlling company for its group companies.
