Russell Fogg
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Mary-Ann Labuschagne
I had the pleasure of working with Russell for over four and a half years. Russell is a highly motivated individual, who prides himself in delivering complex Information Technology projects and deliverables to the highest standards. Russell has a vast understanding of the importance of IT Risk Management, IT Change Management and IT Incident Management and ensured that the said capabilities were well established within the Bank, the awareness thereof were prioritised whilst always providing second line of defense with his full support. Russell is well respected within the Financial Services Industry and would be an asset to any team.
Yashna Sewraj
I worked with Russell for about 18 months and I can certainly recommend Russell... being CIO comes with a very busy schedule yet Russell was always able to make time to address project related issues. He has great people skills and even at CIO level is able to demonstrate that he is a team player. Russell will most certainly be an asset to any organization he joins.
Mary-Ann Labuschagne
I had the pleasure of working with Russell for over four and a half years. Russell is a highly motivated individual, who prides himself in delivering complex Information Technology projects and deliverables to the highest standards. Russell has a vast understanding of the importance of IT Risk Management, IT Change Management and IT Incident Management and ensured that the said capabilities were well established within the Bank, the awareness thereof were prioritised whilst always providing second line of defense with his full support. Russell is well respected within the Financial Services Industry and would be an asset to any team.
Yashna Sewraj
I worked with Russell for about 18 months and I can certainly recommend Russell... being CIO comes with a very busy schedule yet Russell was always able to make time to address project related issues. He has great people skills and even at CIO level is able to demonstrate that he is a team player. Russell will most certainly be an asset to any organization he joins.
Mary-Ann Labuschagne
I had the pleasure of working with Russell for over four and a half years. Russell is a highly motivated individual, who prides himself in delivering complex Information Technology projects and deliverables to the highest standards. Russell has a vast understanding of the importance of IT Risk Management, IT Change Management and IT Incident Management and ensured that the said capabilities were well established within the Bank, the awareness thereof were prioritised whilst always providing second line of defense with his full support. Russell is well respected within the Financial Services Industry and would be an asset to any team.
Yashna Sewraj
I worked with Russell for about 18 months and I can certainly recommend Russell... being CIO comes with a very busy schedule yet Russell was always able to make time to address project related issues. He has great people skills and even at CIO level is able to demonstrate that he is a team player. Russell will most certainly be an asset to any organization he joins.
Mary-Ann Labuschagne
I had the pleasure of working with Russell for over four and a half years. Russell is a highly motivated individual, who prides himself in delivering complex Information Technology projects and deliverables to the highest standards. Russell has a vast understanding of the importance of IT Risk Management, IT Change Management and IT Incident Management and ensured that the said capabilities were well established within the Bank, the awareness thereof were prioritised whilst always providing second line of defense with his full support. Russell is well respected within the Financial Services Industry and would be an asset to any team.
Yashna Sewraj
I worked with Russell for about 18 months and I can certainly recommend Russell... being CIO comes with a very busy schedule yet Russell was always able to make time to address project related issues. He has great people skills and even at CIO level is able to demonstrate that he is a team player. Russell will most certainly be an asset to any organization he joins.
Experience
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LHV Bank
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Information Officer
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Jul 2022 - Present
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Bidvest Bank Limited
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South Africa
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Chief Information Officer
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Aug 2007 - Aug 2021
Senior Executive and member of Leadership team, advising on technology innovation, service levels and performance, with full remit for managing IT OPEX of £10m and CAPEX of £5m.➤ Delivered a cloud-based core banking platform housing all products and services with a user front end for the branch network, enabling faster service delivery and cost savings.➤ Led the £6M relocation of the Bank’s Head Office including Production environment on time and budget to a new build. Built and developed an Agile IT Environment.➤ Set-up programme to onboard a strategic alliance with Virgin Money SA and Vodacom South Africa into the bank’s platforms, supporting business growth. Integrated the ‘Exchange for Free’ Alliance partnership that delivered an additional £25M revenue.➤ Relaunched the Bidvest bank website and led the Digital Mobile Onboarding customer functionality on the mobile app, one of the first in South Africa.➤ Delivered multiple other projects: the deployment of the API integration project, new voice platform, call centre migration to cloud platform, payment platform modernisation.➤ Recognised as the most experienced and skilled CIO within the group & strategically advised on the Bidvest group IT forum comprising c.120k employees and 450 companies.
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Head Of Information Technology
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Jul 2003 - Aug 2007
Promoted into role to spearhead the development and implementation of a ‘fit for purpose’ IT landscape for the bank’s new operating model and regulatory frameworks.➤ Full remit for IT operations, infrastructure and technical support, providing business-critical services across the bank, ensuring alignment of technology with evolving business needs.➤ Led the IT function through the 2007 corporate rebranding process of Rennies into Bidvest Bank, engaging with the Executive team and key business stakeholders.➤ Developed and embedded IT disciplines as well as established outsourcing agreements for critical service delivery components.
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Rennies Bank (now Bidvest Bank)
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Head Of Information Technology
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Jun 2000 - Jun 2003
Appointed to an IT Leadership role within a travel / FX business at a point where the business had secured a full banking licence from the South African regulator. ➤ Led an enterprise programme within Rennies Travel Pty Ltd to extract the Foreign Exchange (FX) division to operate as a fully-licensed banking entity ➤ Built the entire IT department to support growth, overseeing a total of 110+ IT resources. Appointed to an IT Leadership role within a travel / FX business at a point where the business had secured a full banking licence from the South African regulator. ➤ Led an enterprise programme within Rennies Travel Pty Ltd to extract the Foreign Exchange (FX) division to operate as a fully-licensed banking entity ➤ Built the entire IT department to support growth, overseeing a total of 110+ IT resources.
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Education
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2018 - 2018
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Oxford Fintech Programme, Fintech -
2016 - 2016
GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science)
Executive Development Programme (EDP), Bidvest Executive Leadership Development -
2009 - 2010
GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science)
Programme for Management Development (PMD), Business Administration and Management
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