About

Jaco has 25 years risk management experience, the majority of which has been gained in Financial Services. He served for 10 years as Chief Risk Officer (CRO) for large South African Banking group, focusing on driving risk strategy and implementation of Enterprise Risk Management best practice across a wide range of risk disciplines and business activities. He has a keen interest in digital transformation and various subjects relating to the new paradigm that is forming.

Technical Skills

• Extensive technical risk experience across multiple disciplines

• Digital Finance

• Risk identification and mitigation

• Risk reporting

• Risk framework development and implementation

• Risk appetite setting

• Deep dive risk analysis

• Project management

Management skills

• Strategic planning

• Stakeholder identification/engagement

• Collaborative and inclusive leadership style

• Team building and leadership

• Staff development plans

• Organizational planning and transformation

• Managing and executing large risk projects

• Industry and regulatory bodies engagement