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 Simon heads up IT for
the Investec Group. Investec is South Africa’s 4th largest
bank. However, it positions itself as a  Specialist Banking
Group with offices in South Africa, United Kingdom, Australia,
Maritius, Switzerland, Channel Islands and Ireland. It is listed
on both the London and Johannesburg tock exchanges. Its business
interests are Asset Management, Private Banking, Stock Broking,
Investment Banking, Treasury and Specialised Finance.
Simon’s is responsible for all aspects of Information
Technology in the Group.
Prior to taking over the IT portfolio, Simon was the Group’s
Treasurer.
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 15 years.
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 Presentation
From Hardware to Wetware
The Enterprise Architecture Profession presently seems uncertain as to whether
we are about Information Technology Architecture in the enterprise or Enterprise
Architecture which includes information technology.
Starting with the information technology architecture and
expecting anything of value to emerge other than a group
of satisified engineers is a mistake. We need to start with
the culture of the organisation and work our way through
organisational architectecture, decision making, information
architecture, business modeling and finally information technology.
So is Enterprise Architecture just another fashion fad?
Or is something more important happening?
In this session we wil look at the context of enterprise
architecture as a means of understanding an organsiation’s
DNA as well as providing a platform for innovation and experimentation.
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