Our people

Meet the people behind our privacy-preserving data collaboration platform. We’re bringing together financial services and consumer brands in a secure environment to unlock the power of consumer data for good.

Leadership team

Jon Jacobson

Jon Jacobson

Co-Founder, Group CEO

Anton Grutzmacher

Anton Grutzmacher

Co-Founder and Group Revenue Officer

Paul de Beer

Paul de Beer

Chief Technology Officer

Riva van Niekerk

Riva van Niekerk

Group People Officer

Julian Diaz

Julian Diaz

Chief Marketing Officer

Madelein Kleyn

Madelein Kleyn

Chief Legal and IP Officer

Justin Chetty

Justin Chetty

Chief Financial Officer

Riaan Coetzee

Riaan Coetzee

Chief Product Officer

Core team

Rudolph Koegelenberg

Rudolph Koegelenberg

Head of Engineering

Wiehan Kielblock

Wiehan Kielblock

Head of Engineering Ops

Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown

Head of Growth

Robin Cleland

Robin Cleland

Head of Data Engineering

Ronny Tack

Ronny Tack

Head of Data Product Growth

Tegan Carton-Barber

Tegan Carton-Barber

Head of Product Development

Zaheer Patel

Zaheer Patel

Head of Risk

Donovan Wilson

Donovan Wilson

Head of Data Science

Leigh Williams

Leigh Williams

Solution Architect

Werner Hurter

Werner Hurter

Engineering Team Lead

Motlalepule Tshakela

Motlalepule Tshakela

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Mzwabantu Ngubelanga

Mzwabantu Ngubelanga

Senior Frontend Developer

Diego Jeptha

Diego Jeptha

Intermediate Engineer

Lebogang Jan Papo

Lebogang Jan Papo

Intermediate Fullstack Support Engineer

Chess Ashley-Cooper

Chess Ashley-Cooper

Intermediate Product Manager

Olivia De Kok

Olivia De Kok

Senior Product Manager

Chinedu Dimonyeka

Chinedu Dimonyeka

Senior Python Engineer

Ben Dixon

Ben Dixon

Senior Python Engineer

Heinrich de Klerk

Heinrich de Klerk

Senior Data Science Consultant

Karabo Choma

Karabo Choma

Data Scientist

Verushen Coopoo

Verushen Coopoo

Data Scientist

Hendrie Kritzinger

Hendrie Kritzinger

Data Scientist

Jaco Brits

Jaco Brits

BI Developer

Coetzee Human

Coetzee Human

Data Engineer

Neels Oosthuizen

Neels Oosthuizen

Data Engineer

Jacques Hechter

Jacques Hechter

Senior Account Executive

Ishmael Muteremuka

Ishmael Muteremuka

IT Ops Manager

Moropa Lehlogonolo

Moropa Lehlogonolo

QA Team Lead

Bianca Gous

Bianca Gous

QA Engineer

Pardon Mhlanga

Pardon Mhlanga

QA Engineer

Sharon van Aswegen

Sharon van Aswegen

Account Manager Projects

Marcel Kotze

Marcel Kotze

Senior Data Cloud Engineer

Denzil Narsimdas

Denzil Narsimdas

Financial Controller

Melissa Pillay

Melissa Pillay

Financial Accountant

Jillmaree Mitchell

Jillmaree Mitchell

Administrative and Legal Assistant

Viloshni Desai

Viloshni Desai

HR and Ops Assistant

Tracey Harris

Tracey Harris

Legal Advisor

Board members

Lawrence Seeff

Lawrence Seeff

Chairman

Omnisient, South Africa and United Kingdom

Jon Jacobson

Jon Jacobson

Director

Omnisient,
South Africa

Anton Grutzmacher

Anton Grutzmacher

Director

Omnisient,
South Africa

Justin Chetty

Justin Chetty

Director

Omnisient,
South Africa

Madelein Kleyn

Madelein Kleyn

Company Secretary

Omnisient,
South Africa

Fabrice Boullé

Fabrice Boullé

Director

Compass Venture Capital, Mauritius

Lee Naik

Lee Naik

Director

TransUnion Africa, South Africa

Investors

TransUnion logo
Financial inclusion - Compass
Financial inclusion - Kepple Africa Ventures
Financial inclusion - Grand Bay Ventures
Financial inclusion - Tahseen Consulting
Financial inclusion - Shoprite
Financial inclusion - Investec

Our values

Our values drive how we work and the decisions we make as a business.

Contact us

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