
Jacques Barkhuizen
CIO | CTO | CDO | Board Member | Startup Mentor
The move
MoveVodacom → Airtel Africa
TitleCIO South Africa (ZA) → Group Chief Information Officer
LocationSouth Africa → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · South Africa → United Arab Emirates
Years in UAE3.1
Total experience32.9 years
Airtel Africa headcount1,001-5,000 employees
Airtel Africa industryTelecommunications
Airtel Africa HQNairobi, Nairobi
Airtel Africa founded2010
Airtel Africa typePublic Company
Career arc
- Group Chief Information OfficerOct 2023 — Present
Airtel Africa· Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- (Board) Non-Executive DirectorOct 2023 — Present
Smartcash PSB· Lagos State, Nigeria· Full-time
- To be announcedApr 2023 — Oct 2023
Airtel Africa· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- CIO South Africa (ZA)Mar 2021 — Apr 2023
Vodacom· South Africa· Full-time
- Managing Executive for Digital Channels & PlatformsOct 2019 — Mar 2021
Vodacom· Johannesburg Area, South Africa· Full-time
- CIO Digital \ Virtual ChannelsJul 2018 — Oct 2019
Absa Group· Johannesburg Area, South Africa
- Chief Information Officer - Distribution & DigitalMay 2015 — Oct 2019
Barclays· Johannesburg Area, South Africa
- Chief Information Officer - AfricaSep 2013 — Apr 2015
Deloitte South Africa· Johannesburg Area, South Africa
- Group Chief Technology OfficerApr 2008 — Jul 2013
Investec· 100 Grayston Drv, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Chief Technology OfficerJan 1995 — Feb 2008
Woolworths· 91 Longmarket Str, Cape Town, South Africa
- Technical Specialist Unisys1993 — 1995
EP Building Society· Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa
Education
- Various Infrastructure1996 — 2009
- Port Elizabeth Technicon· National Diploma Computer Data Processing1990 — 1993
- Various Microsoft· MCSE / MCSD1994 — 2001
- Stanford UniversityAnnual CTO Round Table2011 — 2011