AfriGIS, a number one geoscience information agency based mostly in South Africa, has appointed Rochelle Mountany as CEO, efficient September 2024.
Mountany, who holds grasp’s levels in psychology and enterprise, brings a few years of expertise in enterprise intelligence to AfriGIS.
Throughout an 11-year tenure at Microsoft, she developed expertise methods and formed third-party software program companions and start-up ecosystems throughout the Center East and Africa.
She was additionally CIO of worldwide well being and well-being firm AXA ICAS Worldwide, spearheading the digital transformation of the organisation. Mountany has been a longstanding companion to a number of start-up hubs and incubators and has a confirmed report of success in fostering the event of modern expertise companies.
“There may be immense innovation potential at AfriGIS, and I’m thrilled to assist drive it,” says Mountany. “Extra highly effective and sturdy contextual datasets, enriched with customer-specific insights, imply companies could make higher selections, which in flip interprets right into a clearer aggressive edge of their business.”
AfriGIS has made geospatial info science a strong enterprise self-discipline, providing clients deep insights into their markets and operations with premium African location datasets. Clients can then use these datasets to allow extra clever decision-making.
In depth expertise
Mountany says that geospatial info science gives a spatial context for information, enabling location intelligence that drives retailer optimisation within the retail business, for instance. It additionally helps market evaluation by revealing insights into inhabitants density and earnings ranges, enhances provide chain effectivity, aids in threat mitigation, promotes sustainability efforts, and improves asset administration, amongst different purposes.
“Rochelle Mountany’s appointment as CEO marks a big milestone for AfriGIS,” says Thabo Seopa, AfriGIS chairman and interim CEO. “Rochelle’s in depth expertise and confirmed management within the expertise and enterprise sectors make her the perfect particular person to guide our firm into a brand new period of progress and innovation. We’re assured that underneath her steerage, AfriGIS will proceed to construct on its legacy and obtain even larger successes.”
About AfriGIS
AfriGIS is the main geospatial info science firm in Southern Africa that specialises in location-sensitive information and options. It offers clients throughout the board with a collection of web-based instruments and APIs to connect with, improve and enrich their very own information with location intelligence, insights and trusted information. The organisation was based in 1997 and celebrates greater than 27 years in enterprise. It’s a degree 1-certified broad-based black financial empowerment (B-BBEE) enterprise, with greater than 100 staff in Pretoria, Durban and Cape City in South Africa, Dublin in Eire, and Dhaka in Bangladesh.
