thelma kganakga

Thelma Kganakga has huge experience in information security, audit strategy, IT, and general management at both difficult and strategic board levels. As the CISO for Equity Holdings, in this role, her focus has been on fortifying information security frameworks and implementing organization-wide information security strategy, incorporating information security throughout the Group’s digital transformation. Thelma is a known public speaker who attends top events and shares views on frameworks related to fintech organizations.

Personal Details:

Organization: Equity Bank Limited 
Location: Kenya 
Education: Master of Business Administration from the Gordon Institute of Business Science in the year 2013 and Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Honours, Informatics from Pretoria University in the year 2002

Experience:

• Played the role of Group CISO at Equity Group Holdings plc from Nov 2021 until now. 
• Played the role of Group CISO at Equity Bank Limited from Nov 2021 until now
• Played the role of CISO at MTN South Africa from Oct 2019 till Jan 2022. 
• Played the role of CISO at Rand Merchant Bank from Jun 2018 till Oct 2019. 
• Played the role of Executive Enterprise Information Security at South African Revenue Service (SARS) from Aug 2016 till May 2018.