50 BFSI leaders to watch in 2026
The BFSI IT Summit has put together the list of BFSI leaders to watch in 2026 based on nominations, direct applications, information from our database, interviews, company websites, and other public sources.
They are united in their passion and unwavering commitment to making a difference.
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Chief Digital Transformation Officer
ABSA Group
CIO: PPB Core Technology
ABSA Group
Chief Information Officer
Absa Group
Chief Information Officer (CIO) - ABSA Regional Operations
Absa Group
VP: Cyber Security - Business Engagement Lead
ABSA Group
Head of Fraud Strategy -Digital & Enablement
ABSA Group
Head Data Enablement
Absa Group
IT Head of Governance and Reporting
Absa Group
Head of Technology
ABSA Group
Chief Digital Officer
Absa Personal and Private Banking
Chief Information Security Officer
Access Bank South Africa
Head of IT Operations
Acumen Group
Head of Enterprise Architecture
Alexforbes
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
AVBOB South Africa
Head of Department - IT
Bayport Financial Services
Head: ICT Service Management and Governance
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
Group Chief Digital Officer
Discovery Limited
Chief Information Officer
FASSET
Chief Data and Analytics Officer - Compliance Office
First Rand Bank
BU Chief Information Officer
First Rand Bank
Group Head of Data Privacy and Protection
First Rand Group
Head of Linux & AIX Infrastructure & IT Ops
First Rand Bank
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Broader Africa
FNB South Africa
CIO
FNB South Africa
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
FNB South Africa
Chief Information Officer
FNB Eswatini
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
FNB South Africa
IT Service Delivery Head
FNB South Africa
Head of Fraud Risk
FNB South Africa
Head IT Service Delivery - iDnA Business Intelligence & Power BI Platform
FNB South Africa
Business Architect Head | ConnectMe (CMe)
FNB South Africa
Head of IT Architecture
FNB South Africa
Head of Operational Risk
FNB South Africa
Head of Resilience and data
FNB South Africa
Head of Information Technology
FNB Wealth & Investments
Head of IT Operations
Glacier by Sanlam
Group Head: Data Governance
Investec
Chief Information Security Officer
JSE
Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
JSE
Head: Group IT Infrastructure Platforms & Service Delivery
JSE
Head CX and Client Services
JSE
Head IT Trading and Risk Systems
Liberty Group South Africa
SM: Head of Compliance Group Fintech
MoMo from MTN
Head of Compliance
Nedbank
Head: IT Risk
Nedbank
Head of Technology
Nedgroup Investments
Executive Head of Digital, Data and Analytics - Old Mutual Africa Region
Old Mutual Limited
Head: IT Governance, Risk, Compliance & Security
Old Mutual Insure
Head Cyber Security
Old Mutual Limited
Head of Compliance
Purple Group Ltd.
Chief Information Officer : Investment Banking
Rand Merchant Bank
Chief Data & Analytics Officer (CDAO): RMB Client Coverage
Rand Merchant Bank
Head Data Engineering
Rand Mutual - RMA
Chief Risk Officer: Sanlam Financial Markets
Sanlam
Head of Technology for Sanlam Collective Investments
Sanlam Investments
Head: Governance, Risk and Compliance
Sanlam Collective Investments
Head (Group) : IT Service Management
Santam Insurance
Head - Information Technology
Confidential
CIO Corporate and Investment Banking
Standard Bank Group
CIO - Treasury and Capital management
Standard Bank Group
CIO Digital and e-Commerce Group
Standard Bank Group
Chief Information Officer - Business and Commercial Banking, Africa Regions
Standard Bank Group
Group CIO - Personal and Private Banking
Standard Bank Group, Johannesburg
CIO: Shared Services (Business and Commercial Banking SA)
Standard Bank Group, Johannesburg
CIO Client Payments - CIB Transaction Banking
Standard Bank South Africa
Head of Active Directory, DNS & Data Security
Standard Bank Group
Executive Head of Data & Analytics
Standard Bank Group
Executive Head : Data Engineering, Analytics and AI
Standard Bank South Africa
Head of IT Operations
STANLIB Asset Management
Chief Compliance Officer
State Bank of India, Johannesburg
Executive Head of ICT & BI
TBFS
Data Head
WesBank
