Capricorn CIO honoured with financial tech award

Capricorn Group announced that one of its executives, Dr Etienne Slabbert, the Group’s Chief Information Officer, has been bestowed with the prestigious CIO of the Year 2023 award for his exceptional leadership, visionary mindset and relentless pursuit of excellence in the financial technology realm of Southern Africa. The award was announced at the 19th edition of the Finnovex Southern Africa 2023 Awards, hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa on 25 July 2023. Finnovex creates thought leadership on cutting-edge issues and solutions, celebrating individuals and companies transforming the financial ecosystem and consistently demonstrating exemplary performance. The CIO of the Year 2023 award is based on the achievements of Dr Slabbert as assessed by the industry, the organisers and the panel that selected the winners. Finnovex commended Dr Slabbert on his inspirational leadership in the IT sector, “propelling the industry towards a future of unprecedented possibilities.”The award exemplifies not only Dr Slabbert’s relentless pursuit of excellence in the information technology sector but also the vision of Capricorn Group’s leadership to foster a culture of innovation, pushing boundaries to achieve tangible results.“It was a pleasant surprise to be awarded the prestigious CIO of the Year Award for Southern Africa at the 19th Finnovex event alongside other esteemed industry leaders. Working in IT at Capricorn Group makes it easy to achieve success and industry recognition, as the Group provides an opportunity for all of us to be part of the implementation of transformational projects as we continue to transform our digital systems across the Group,” remarked Dr Slabbert on his award.“Living in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) world and all the advances and opportunities it brings, makes it an exciting time for all of us in IT to be able to showcase our abilities to implement world-class solutions that the industry and our peers acknowledge and that makes it also so much easier for our customers to use our products and services,” he added.As a Namibian financial services group, Capricorn Group takes pride in its robust IT resources, systems and infrastructure, with highly skilled developers, specialists, engineers, data engineers, data scientists, and other specialised IT professions. Capricorn Group congratulates Dr Etienne Slabbert on his award and looks forward to even more world-leading implementations in the years to come to improve the experience of our customers as they conduct business on our various channels. Finnovex is a series of Summits examining the future of financial services and how disruptive innovations are reshaping how they are structured, provisioned and consumed. The financial services industry is undergoing a profound transformation fueled by the rapid advancement of technologies, ever-changing customer expectations and dynamic regulatory changes, and fintech solutions have emerged as powerful drivers.

Capricorn CIO honoured with financial tech award

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