New chief technology officer to lead on ICT, technology at the PIC

4th May 2021 By: Schalk Burger - Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has appointed Makano Mosidi as its new chief technology officer (CTO).

Her mandate is to provide sound leadership in all aspects of the business’ information and communications technology (ICT), and leverage technology to position the PIC as a leading asset manager.

Mosidi joins the PIC from Corporate and Investment Banking at Standard Bank. She is a seasoned and highly experienced CTO, having been in executive roles for the past 24 years. She has worked in the ICT sector for 31 years.

Her career spans the private and public sectors, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises in organisations including IBM, Accenture, EY, the North West provincial government, the State Information Technology Agency, New Dawn Technologies, EDS Enterprise Solutions, Relational Database Consulting, Dimension Data and Transnet.

“The PIC is pleased with the appointment of Makano and trusts that her executive experience within the information technology environment will assist the PIC’s efforts to deliver on clients’ mandates,” says PIC CEO Abel Sithole.