At greater than R23-billion/12 months, Normal Financial institution Group has the largest IT finances of any firm in South Africa – and fairly probably in the entire of Africa.
The person charged with making certain the continent’s largest monetary companies supplier is spending that cash optimally is group CIO Jörg Fischer, who’s TechCentral’s visitor on this episode of Meet the CIO, the publication’s month-to-month interview collection introduced by Wipro, the place, as an alternative of specializing in the distributors of know-how, we interview the tip customers of IT – banks, retailers, producers and extra – about how they’re utilizing trendy know-how to develop their companies and drive their strategic agendas.
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On this episode of Meet the CIO, Fischer chats in regards to the know-how operate at Normal Financial institution Group, the position of a CIO within the monetary companies business, the massive strategic IT tasks which the financial institution is concerned with – and far, far more.
Amongst different subjects, Fischer discusses:
- The profession trajectory that led to him turning into a high IT chief;
- Why Normal Financial institution Group spends as a lot because it does on IT, and the place that spending is directed;
- How IT aligns with the group’s strategic focus areas;
- The choice emigrate to SAP’s core banking resolution, what was concerned, the teachings discovered and the way the platform is working for the financial institution in 2024;
- What Normal Financial institution’s know-how stack seems like, and its funding within the cloud;
- What makes a great CIO in 2024, together with the abilities which are essential within the position;
- How Normal Financial institution is approaching AI – and what it might probably really obtain for the financial institution and its shoppers;
- How know-how is altering the banking business;
- Normal Financial institution’s method to cybersecurity; and
- How Normal Financial institution attracts and retains IT expertise.
Don’t miss a captivating dialog that gives nice perception into how IT has grow to be mission crucial in trendy banking.
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