moloisi.maina
About Candidate
Professional Profile
I am an experienced Information Governance, Technology and Business Development professional with over 15 years of progressive corporate experience, complemented by commercial experience in business development, client engagement and enterprise relationship building.
I currently hold dual professional roles as an Information Governance Specialist within the financial services sector and Business Development Executive at BIS Architecture Group.
My corporate career has developed strong expertise across information governance, data governance, technology, business processes, risk, regulatory compliance and organisational transformation. In parallel, my role with BIS Architecture Group has expanded my commercial capabilities across business development, enterprise client acquisition, strategic partnerships, opportunity development, executive stakeholder engagement and the positioning of business solutions to corporate clients.
I hold a BCom in Informatics and a BSc Honours in Management of Technology, providing me with a strong intersection of business, technology and management capability.
Within Information Governance, my experience includes information lifecycle management, data and information governance frameworks, retention and destruction, POPIA and regulatory compliance, information stewardship, governance controls, policy development, risk management, and the development of governance measures and KPIs.
As a Business Development Executive, I am capable of identifying and developing new market opportunities, engaging senior and C-suite decision-makers, understanding organisational priorities, developing value propositions, building strategic relationships and partnerships, and supporting opportunities through the business development lifecycle.
This combination enables me to operate comfortably at the intersection of business, technology, governance, risk and commercial strategy. I am particularly effective in environments requiring strategic thinking, stakeholder influence, cross-functional collaboration and the ability to translate complex organisational needs into practical business outcomes.
I am interested in opportunities that broaden my strategic, commercial and leadership contribution, particularly within organisations undergoing data, digital, governance or business transformation.
Career Opportunities I Am Open To
I am open to senior specialist, management and leadership opportunities including:
Information Governance Manager / Lead
Data Governance Manager / Lead
Information Management Manager
Data Management & Governance Lead
Data Governance Programme Lead
Information Lifecycle / Records Governance Lead
Data Risk & Compliance Manager
Technology Governance / IT Governance roles
Governance, Risk & Compliance leadership roles
Enterprise Data Office roles
Business Development Executive / Manager
Strategic Partnerships Manager
Enterprise Business Development roles
Client Relationship / Strategic Accounts roles
Business Transformation roles
Head of Information Governance
Head of Data Governance
Senior management opportunities spanning Data, Information, Technology Governance and Business Strategy
Longer term, I am particularly interested in opportunities that provide a pathway towards executive leadership across data, governance, technology and business strategy.
Current Roles: Information Governance Specialist | Business Development Executive – BIS Architecture Group
Qualifications: BCom Informatics | BSc Hons Management of Technology
Experience: 15+ years of progressive corporate experience
Core Capabilities: Information Governance | Data Governance | Information Lifecycle Management | POPIA | Data Stewardship | Governance Frameworks | Risk & Compliance | Technology Governance | Business Development | Enterprise Client Acquisition | Strategic Partnerships | C-Suite Engagement | Stakeholder Management | Business Strategy | Transformation
Location
Education
Bachelor of Commerce graduate majoring in:
- Informatics
- Business Management
- Information Science
Bachelor of Science graduate majoring in:
- Technological Entrepreneurship
- Quality Management
- Engineering Economics
- Organisation and Innovation
- Operations Management
- Systems Engineering
- Project Management
- Research Methodology
Work & Experience
Business Unit: Chief AI and Data Analytics Office
Mandate: Provide enterprise-wide information governance leadership, specialist advisory and oversight across the Santam Group. Responsible for developing and embedding governance frameworks, policies, standards, stewardship structures and lifecycle controls that improve information quality, accountability, compliance and risk management across Santam Limited and its associated businesses.
Achievements: Helped transform Santam Group’s data governance capability from a low-maturity and fragmented environment into a more structured, enterprise-aligned function. Introduced a common data management and governance language, led and supported maturity assessments across Santam Limited and Group businesses, influenced the expansion of the Data Office’s capabilities, and strengthened organisational understanding of data ownership, stewardship, quality and value through specialist advisory and capability-building interventions.
Business Unit: Chief Operations Office, Group Finance
Mandate: Pioneered the FNB Group Finance data architecture practice and laid the foundation for an integrated data management capability. Defined the Finance data landscape, developed enterprise-aligned data models, introduced common data terminology and architecture standards, influenced data-conscious system design, and represented Group Finance in organisation-wide data governance and architecture forums.
Achievements: Pioneered the establishment of Group Finance’s data architecture practice and laid the foundation for an integrated data management capability. Defined the Finance data landscape, developed enterprise-aligned data models, introduced common data terminology and governance principles, represented Group Finance in enterprise working groups, and influenced the design of systems to ensure that Finance data was clearly defined, structured and governed.
Business Unit: Chief Data Office, Enterprise Data Architecture
Mandate: Govern and assure the end-to-end onboarding and integration of data into Absa Group’s enterprise data platforms, data warehouses and big-data environments. This included defining data requirements, metadata, taxonomies, business rules, data-quality controls, transformation logic and source-to-target integration specifications. I ensured that data was fit for ingestion, moved accurately and traceably from source systems through the processing and semantic layers to reporting, and that the solutions developed aligned with approved data requirements and quality standards.
Achievement: Successfully delivered 100% of the assigned project’s data-analysis and onboarding requirements before leaving the organisation. Ensured that all approved data requirements were accurately developed and implemented within the enterprise data platform, with the required data fully ingested, quality-assured and supported by complete metadata and taxonomy definitions. Closed the project scope with no outstanding data-analysis or ingestion requirements, leaving a complete, traceable and fit-for-purpose data solution ready for business, reporting and analytical use.
Business Unit: Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Architecture & Planning
Mandate: Provided end-to-end solution architecture leadership for enterprise telecommunications initiatives across MTN South Africa’s BSS and OSS environments. Designed and governed integrated solutions spanning digital platforms, retail operations, enterprise business services and GSM capabilities, ensuring alignment between business requirements, technology platforms, operational processes and enterprise architecture standards.
Achievement: Successfully delivered all assigned solution-architecture initiatives across MTN South Africa’s BSS and OSS landscape. Designed integrated solutions covering digital, retail, enterprise and GSM capabilities; enabled reseller and business-partner solutions to integrate effectively with MTN systems; and identified and addressed an architectural capability gap by pioneering the consideration of data quality within end-to-end solution design.
Business Unit: Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Architecture & Planning
Mandate: Developed and operationalised MTN Africa’s enterprise data architecture capability, covering strategy, standards, architecture content, modelling and repository management. Designed data-related solutions using enterprise architecture tools and embedded data management principles into architecture practices to support consistent, governed and strategically aligned use of data.
Achievement: Developed the foundations of MTN Africa’s enterprise data architecture practice by producing supporting data models, capability and operating models, architecture content and defined ways of working. Established the relationships between data architecture, data management, governance and solution delivery, enabling a more structured and enterprise-aligned approach to data.
Business Unit: Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Architecture & Planning
Mandate: support the establishment and maturation of MTN’s Enterprise Architecture capability by developing foundational architecture frameworks, models and artefacts across business, application, technology and emerging data architecture domains. Responsible for documenting architecture content in the central repository, aligning the developing practice with TOGAF and relevant telecommunications frameworks, and contributing to solution governance through Architecture Review Board and Design Authority processes.
Achievement: Contributed to establishing MTN’s foundational Enterprise Architecture capability by developing its architecture content framework, business context models, Technical Operating Model, application artefacts and central architecture repository. Supported alignment with TOGAF and telecommunications best practices, participated in Architecture Review Board and Design Authority assessments, and contributed to training interventions that strengthened the maturity of the developing architecture practice.
