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Brenda Niehaus: Agility, at scale

Brenda Niehaus was the top 10 finalist for the IITPSA's 2016 Visionary CIO Award.

Kirsten Doyle
By Kirsten Doyle, ITWeb contributor.
Johannesburg, 24 Nov 2016
Brenda Niehaus: I want to create a platform to show women the excellent opportunities there are in IT.
Brenda Niehaus: I want to create a platform to show women the excellent opportunities there are in IT.

Since joining Standard Bank in 2007, Niehaus has delivered a diverse portfolio of large strategic programmes, including several core banking transformation programmes.

Her roles have included CIO for the rest of Africa, where she was responsible for IT in 16 countries, leading a repositioning of IT services aligned to the Group's strategic objective for significant growth in the rest of Africa, CIO for Personal and Business Banking and Group CTO for Group Technology Shared Services, and in 2014, Group CIO.

Her entire working career, spanning 36 years, has followed what she describes as a traditional route from programmer, analyst programmer, systems analyst, architect, to project management, where she says she found her niche.

"I think there is more I could contribute to the profession in SA such as be role model, and create a platform to show women the excellent opportunities there are in IT."

Read about the other Visionary CIO finalists

ASHLEY VEASEY
JAMIE WHITTAKER
LEN DE VILLIERS
LIBISI MAPHANGA
PETER ALKEMA
RIDWAAN BARDIEN
SEAN MARITZ
THAGARAN GOVENDER
TRAVIS DEWING

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