Job Title: CIO
Company: Information Regulator
Tando Luyaba currently serves as the CIO at the Information Regulator SA, a leadership role he started in 2023.
His executive career is grounded in the South African public sector, having moved directly from his role as senior manager for applications at ATNS from 2022 to 2023. Prior to this, he spent over 14 years at the CIPC, progressing from senior developer to solutions architect and eventually serving as acting CTO in 2022. His career began in web development and design roles, including web developer at Smartec Technologies in 2008. Tando also maintains an entrepreneurial interest as the owner of ODNATO since 2010.
Tando holds an MBA with a distinction on the dissertation from MANCOSA, preceded by a postgraduate diploma in business management also from MANCOSA. He holds a bachelor of science in computer science from the University of Fort Hare.
Work
2023 – Present CIO, Information Regulator SA
2022 – 2023 Senior Manager: Applications, ATNS
2022 – 2022 CTO (Acting), CIPC - Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
2021 – 2022 Senior Manager: Applications Management, CIPC - Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
2017 – 2021 Solutions Architect, CIPC - Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
2008 – 2017 Senior Developer, CIPC - Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
2010 – Present Owner, ODNATO
2008 – 2008 Web Developer, Smartec Technologies
2007 – 2008 Web Designer, Computer Foundation
2007 – 2007 Web Designer, Dot Slash
Education
2019 Master of Business Administration - MBA (Dissertation passed with distinction), MANCOSA
2018 Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management, MANCOSA
2018 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, University of Fort Hare
About company: The Information Regulator is empowered, among other duties, to monitor and enforce compliance by public and private bodies with the provisions of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2 of 2000, and the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013.
