Leonard De Villiers

Mr. De Villiers is Chairman of the CIO Council of South Africa and previous Group CIO at Absa Bank, Nedbank, First National Bank, Transaction Capital and Telkom Group.

He has 30 years’ experience in the IT industry and is considered to be one of the top CIO’s in South Africa. He was voted “the most admired CIO in South Africa” by the CIO Council of South Africa consisting of the top 200 CIO’s in the country and was also voted as one of the Top 10 CIO’s in South Africa by IITPSA / MWEB in 2016.

He has held the position of Managing Director of Microdata, Executive Director at Datakor Holdings, Managing Director of Nedbank’s Group Operation and Managing Director of Nedbank’s Group Technology and Support Services (GTSS).

Mr. De Villiers is also a recipient of several top achiever awards as well as the Nedbank CEO award in 1998. Mr. De Villiers’ currently based in South Africa in Johannesburg and holds the following board positions: