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Datafest rockstars

Azhar Said

Chief Data Officer,
Capitec

Hugh Cole

Chief Data Officer,
City of Cape Town

Thami Moloyi

Chief Strategy & Data Officer,
Platinum Health

Ian de Vega

Chief Director: Business Intelligence Management,
Western Cape Education Department

Kershnee Ballack

Technology Executive,
Old Mutual Limited

Norman Roberts

Chief Technology Officer,
Prescient Investment Management

Howard Diesel

President,
Data Management Association

Muziwakhe Zim

Executive Head: Data  & Analytics,
Hollard Insurance

Sibusiso Ngubeni

Executive Head: Data & Analytics: CIB, 
Standard Bank

Fikiswa Sangoni Ludidi

Executive: Group Digital Employee Experience, 
Old Mutual

Junior Muka

Head: Data Governance,
Woolworths

Preyesh Mestry

Head: DMO, 
Nedbank

Janet McFarlane

Head: Data & Analytics, 
SPAR

Dr. Thabang Mathonsi

Head of Strategic Analytics,
ABSA

Andrew Jabbitt

Head of Division: Data & Analytics
Pick n Pay

Timothy Terblanche

Head of Data Science, 
Prescient Investment Management

Jaco Du Toit

Head of AI/ML Data Technology Strategy & Assurance,
Vodacom

Tapiwa Mtambisi

Head of Data Science, 
Lombard Insurance

Pareen Shah

Head of Analytics, 
Rogerwilco

Georgina Armstrong

Head of Data,
Zedge

Roland Brown

Enterprise Data Architect, 
Old Mutual

Chris Kirchhoff

Principal,
5DGEO

John Pienaar

Principal Analytics Engineer,
Moment

Clarence Sithole

Group Senior Manager: Data Platforms & Solutions Architecture,
MTN

Shabana Patel

Senior Manager: Data Strategy,
Medihelp

Delyno du Toit

Manager: Data Science,
City of Cape Town

Keelan Govender

Senior Machine Learning Engineer,
KingMakers

Abeda Essop

Data Governance Lead,
Sanlam

Marzanne Johannie

Global Data & Analytics Lead, AgroFresh

Sibusisiwe Maseko

Ag Advisor,
AgDevCo
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Head of Data Governance, Woolworths
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Head of Data Analytics, PayProp
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