Datafest rockstars
RIDWAAN RASOOL
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Absa
FAITH SITHOLE
Lead: Data Science & Analytics, Sasfin
SAJJAAD KHAN
Director of Data Engineering & Platform, Edelman
TAFADZWA GUNDU
Senior Manager: Group Cost Analytics, Massmart
THABANG MATHONSI
Head of Strategic Analytics, Absa Group
CAREY-ANNE FOULDS
Senior Analytics Manager,Old Mutual Limited
GODFREY KGOEDI
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, FNB
CAMILO AMARCY
Director of Information Management, Moza Banco ( MZ)
BIANCA VAN VELZE
AME Chapter Lead: Analytics Product Management, The HEINEKEN Company
JEANINE DE WAAL
Head of Data Culture & Enablement,
Shoprite
PETER ALLAN
Head: Business Information, Dubai Airports (UAE)
SIFISO NGEMA
Data Analytics Manager, PnP
THEMBEKA JIYANE
Data Modeler, Nedbank
TATENDA TAODZERA
Machine Learning Capability Lead, Standard Bank
PRIYA RAMPARSADH
Chief Data & Analytics Officer: Risk Data & Analytics Office, FNB
AVASHLIN MOODLEY
Principal Artificial Intelligence Specialist, CSIR
ESTIAN CROUS
Head of Data Science, Woolworths
GAO MARIBE
Group Head of Data & Information Management, Old Mutual
HARTNELL NDUNGI
Chief Data Officer, Absa (Kenya)
SAMUEL SEPHIRI
Head of Decision Science, MTN
GERSHON VENKATSAMY
Head: Data Management and Engineering, Netcare
ALET SMITH
General Manager: Data and Analytics Centre of Excellence, MTN
DANIEL WERTHEIMER
Chapter Lead: Data Science - Africa and the Middle East, The HEINEKEN Company
MICHEL DU PREEZ
BI Analyst, TWK Agri
TINAYE MUZANYA
Data Scientist, Clinix Health Group
KHODANI RAMAKULUKUSHA
Data Lead, Exxaro
TEBOGO SETHIBE
Group Executive: Information Systems & Infrastructure, Agricultural Research Council
DESHNI GOVENDER
Country Advisor: FAIR Forward - Artificial Intelligence for All, giz
AHMORE BURGER SMIDT
Regulatory Practice Head, Data Privacy & Cyber Service, Werkmans Attoneys
JABU MCHUNU
Head of Data Management, Eskom
MAHLATSE MARIBA
Senior Specialist Machine Learning & AI, Multichoice
KHOMOTSO LETSATSI
Department Head: Lanseria Smart City, GGDA
SIBUSISO NGUBENI
Executive Head: Data & Analytics: CIB,Standard Bank
PIETER STOKER
Head of Data Science & Analytics,Afrimat
URSULA KUNI
Consultant, Hollard Insurance
XOLILE MARTIN
Business Intelligence Practice Manager, ECSECC
LEIZELLE SAFFY
Group Risk Management Data Analyst,Cashbuild
NEIL PLATTEN
Co-Founder & Director, ODEK Leap
JUDY ROGAN
Co-Founder & Director,ODEK Leap
WOUTER GROVE
Senior Researcher,UWC
NATASHA KATUNGA
Researcher,UWC
ANNELINE WEBSTER
Manager: Business Intelligence,Clover SA
RENE MCGREGOR
Head of Consulting,Insight Consulting
OLGA PARRA
Principal – WatsonX Segment Leader,IBM Middle East & Africa
MJ PETRONI
CEO & Cyborg Anthropologist,Causeit.Inc (USA)
MARKETA HAVLIK-LIEBENBERG
Chief Data, Digital Marketing Officer,L'Oréal
TESTIMONIALS FROM #DATAFESTies
“What a brilliant event! Well done Dalebrook Media and all fellow speakers. The content, the people, the venue…everything was absolutely fantastic. Proud to have been a #datafestie.”
Junior Muka
Head of Data Governance, Woolworths
“DataFest was such a fun experience to be a part of – nothing beats like-minded people together in a room! I’m already looking forward to the next one.”
Johette Smuts
Head of Data Analytics, PayProp