thelma kganakga

Thelma Kganakga has extensive experience in information security, risk management, audit, compliance, strategy, IT, and general management, at both tactical and strategic Board levels. 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. 

Details:

• Organization: Equity Bank Limited 
• Location: Kenya 
• Education: Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science) and Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Honours, Informatics from University of Pretoria 
• Skills: Strategic leadership and Executive management

Experience:

• Group Chief Information Security Officer at Equity Group Holdings plc from Nov 2021 - Present.
• Group Chief Information Security Officer at Equity Bank Limited from Nov 2021-Present
• CISO at MTN South Africa from Oct 2019 - Jan 2022 
• Chief Information Security Officer at Rand Merchant Bank from Jun 2018 - Oct 2019 
• Executive Enterprise Information Security at South African Revenue Service (SARS) from Aug 2016 - May 2018