A cybersecurity practitioner with over 25 years of leadership across information security, IT, and audit. Rashid currently serves as a Cybersecurity Strategist, driving secure, compliant operations and execution across complex environments. His career spans leading institutions such as Standard Bank, Edcon, Absa/Barclays, Liberty, and Vodacom, with strategic impact across 22 African markets.

He led M-Pesa South Africa to PCI DSS certification, enabling secure digital payments and Visa card integration. Rashid has delivered measurable improvements in Logical Access Management (LAM), reducing audit findings and rebuilding core capabilities. He also established a third-party supply chain cybersecurity risk framework, enabling continuous risk assessment across 510 vendors every 7 days—empowering business stakeholders to manage exposure and meet regulatory demands.