Job Title: CIO
Company: Vodacom
Willie Stegmann was appointed Group CIO of Vodacom in October 2017. Prior to this he was the CIO of personal and business banking at Standard Bank. He has over twenty years experience in the financial services sector. Willie worked at ABSA as a general manager of Group IT. He also worked as the managing director of distributed technology services at Gijima. He has served on a number of boards including Vodacom, Nexio and Bankserv Africa. He has an MCom. and Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Johannesburg.
Work
2021 - Present Group CIO and Member of Leadership Team, Vodacom
2017 - Present Group GIO, Vodacom
2018 - Present Non-Executive Director, Nexio SA
2014 - 2017 CIO Personal and Business Bank SA, Standard Bank
2010 - 2015 Director Core Banking Transformation, Standard Bank
2009 - 2010 Director Retail Bank Business Performance Solutions, Standard Bank
2005 - 2009 Director Operations, Standard Bank
2005 - 2009 Non-Executive Director, Bankserv Africa
2000 - 2005 Managing Director Distributed Technology Services, Gijima
1998 - 2000 General Manager Group IT, ABSA
1996 - 1998 Managing Director Africa Growth Network, ABSA
Education
2015 - 2015 Advanced Management Programme, M.I.T.
2000 - 2000 Advanced Management Programme, Oxford University
1990 - 1992 MCom. Business Management, University of Johannesburg
1983 - 1987 BEng. Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Johannesburg
About Vodacom: Vodacom is a leading African communications company providing a wide range of communication services, including mobile voice, messaging, data, financial and converged services to 66.8 million customers. Their mobile networks cover a total population of over 220 million people. Through Vodacom Business Africa (VBA), they offer business managed services to enterprises in 32 countries. Vodacom is majority owned by Vodafone (65% holding), one of the world's largest communications companies by revenue.
