Simon Shapiro is CIO at the Investec Group, South Africa. 

Investec is an international specialist banking group with offices in South Africa, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Israel, Mauritius, Switzerland, Channel Islands and Ireland.  It is listed on both the London and Johannesburg Stock exchanges.  Its business interests are Asset Management, Private Banking, Stock Broking, Investment Banking, Treasury and Specialised Finance.

Simon has held the Industry elected position of Chairman of the Bond Exchange of South Africa, and ran a consulting practice prior to joining Investec.

Simon has been with Investec for the past 18 years holding the positions of Head of Trading Operations, Group Treasurer and most recently Chief Information Officer.

Presentation
Just Enough Architecture

In selling Enterprise Architecture at Investec we have experienced two problematic words.  These are enterprise and architecture .  There are various cultural and organisational reasons for this.  This talk will reflect on some of those and show how, in spite of this problem, we are achieving tangible business benefits from EA and its roll-out in the Group.  Classical approaches, whether they be TOGAF or the Zachman model, presents a rational framework for a roll-out of an Architecture Programme.  Sadly, as in most organisations "rational" doesn't work.  We investigate the reasons for this and look at how to keep the grand plan to yourself and introduce "Just Enough Architecture" in order to meet as many of the objectives as possible.

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