Jacques Barkhuizen

Group Chief Information Officer at Airtel Africa
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(386) 825-5501
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Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, AE

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Dahman Chad Govender

Jacques is a very engaged leader. He always takes the time out to understand the detail around the delivery from his teams, often with a goal of trying to provide them with the right type of guidance and support as well as a few creative thoughts & ideas so that the delivery can be enhanced or improved. In many circumstances, he will go the extra mile for his team which is an admirable quality as a leader. By nature, he comes across as a Digital addict always thinking of digital ideas and wanting to get his hands on the latest digital tech. I have enjoyed working with Jacques over the years and the relationship built over time. He is indeed an innovative leader!

Rishikesh Utpat

I had a pleasure to work directly with Jacques for around 3 years and I must say it was a great learning experience. Jacques is the leader of the future and knows how to bring the best out of his team. He is ahead of the technology curve and always has the end customer in mind while leveraging latest technology. His bold leadership helped us try out various innovations leading to completely revamped distribution channels along with opening up some newer ones. He is a true global leader who understands how to take cross-cultural teams along and is always connected to everyone on ground irrespective of geographical distance. I would definitely look forward to work together with Jacques in the future.

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Experience

  • Airtel Africa
    • Kenya
    • Telecommunications
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Group Chief Information Officer
      • Oct 2023 - Present

    • To be announced
      • Apr 2023 - Oct 2023

      To be announced

  • Smartcash PSB
    • Nigeria
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • (Board) Non-Executive Director
      • Oct 2023 - Present
  • Vodacom
    • South Africa
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • CIO South Africa (ZA)
      • Mar 2021 - Apr 2023

    • Managing Executive for Digital Channels & Platforms
      • Oct 2019 - Mar 2021

  • Absa Group
    • South Africa
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • CIO Digital \ Virtual Channels
      • Jul 2018 - Oct 2019
  • Barclays
    • India
    • Outsourcing/Offshoring
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chief Information Officer - Distribution & Digital
      • May 2015 - Oct 2019

      The management and co-ordination of all aspects of Technology across all Channels: - Branch - Digital (ATM, Web, Mobile, App, USSD) - Call Centres The management and co-ordination of all aspects of Technology across all Channels: - Branch - Digital (ATM, Web, Mobile, App, USSD) - Call Centres

  • Deloitte South Africa
    • South Africa
    • Management Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chief Information Officer - Africa
      • Sep 2013 - Apr 2015

      - The management and co-ordination of all aspects of IT across the African continent (Infrastructure and Applications) - SAP, CRM, Legacy systems integration, Business Intelligence - Workforce Mobilisation, Cloud - The Deloitte Digital Strategy and ensuring adherence to global standards - Building new platforms for Deloitte customer facing business units (Big Data Analytics, Deloitte ‘On-The-Move’ mobile application framework) - Assisting customer facing business units with new ventures and engagement opportunities across Africa - Continuous improvement of the Deloitte Africa Infrastructure and Application stacks and alignment with business Show less

  • Investec
    • United Kingdom
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Group Chief Technology Officer
      • Apr 2008 - Jul 2013

      Responsible for Global Infrastructure Strategy and Standards - Major areas of focus: - Telecommunications (Voice, Data and Video) - Virtulisation and Server Platforms --> to Cloud - Storage Area Networks - Operating Systems - Unix / Microsoft - Monitoring - Application Delivery - Messaging and Core Infrastructure related applications - Social Platforms within the Enterprise and Integration - Data Centres - New Commercial models around IT financing (Cloud) - Maintaining a balance between Service Delivery and Cost - Ensuring that all Infrastructure areas have a Vision and a Strategy in place in support of the Global IT Vision and Strategy Show less

  • Woolworths
    • South Africa
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Chief Technology Officer
      • Jan 1995 - Feb 2008
  • EP Building Society
    • Technical Specialist Unisys
      • 1993 - 1995

      Administrator on BTOS / CTOS Infrastructure WAN / LAN Specialist DBA MS Specialist PC Support Administrator on a UNISYS A16 Administrator on BTOS / CTOS Infrastructure WAN / LAN Specialist DBA MS Specialist PC Support Administrator on a UNISYS A16

Education

  • Stanford University
    Annual CTO Round Table
    2011 - 2011
  • Various Infrastructure
    1996 - 2009
  • Various Microsoft
    MCSE / MCSD
    1994 - 2001
  • Port Elizabeth Technicon
    National Diploma Computer Data Processing
    1990 - 1993

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