Job Title: Group chief information officer
Company: Seacom
Tiaan Taljaard is the group chief information and digital transformation officer at Seacom. He has held this role since December 2025. Before this, Tiaan served as general manager data officer at Seacom. He previously served as chief data officer at Ozow. Earlier in his career, he held senior data and AI leadership roles at Standard Bank and Paracon. Tiaan holds a master's degree in information technology from the University of Pretoria.
Work:
2025 – Present: Group CIO, Seacom
2024 – 2025: General manager: data officer, Seacom
2022 – 2024: Chief data officer, Ozow
2021 – 2022: Head of cognitive automation, Standard Bank South Africa
2019 – 2021: Head of prebuilt AI, Standard Bank Group
2015 – 2019: BI manager, Standard Bank Group
2015 – 2015: BI team lead, Standard Bank Group
2013 – 2014: BI analyst, Standard Bank Group
2011 – 2012: Project consultant, Standard Bank Group
2010 – 2011: Project financial analyst, Paracon
Education:
2020: Master's degree in information technology, University of Pretoria
2014: Bachelor of commerce honours in business management, University of South Africa
2009: Bachelor of commerce in financial management, University of Pretoria
About company: Seacom is a pan-African telecommunications provider that owns and operates undersea cable infrastructure, offering high-speed connectivity and digital services.
