Altron appoints Group Chief Information Officer

Johannesburg, 11 November 2019 – JSE-listed technology company Altron has announced the appointment of Collin Govender to the position of Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) with immediate effect.

Collin, who has been Altron’s Group Executive for Shared Services, will provide functional guidance to the chief information officers in Altron Group’s ten subsidiaries in his new role.

Altron Group Chief Executive, Mteto Nyati, said: ‘This appointment comes at a critical time for Altron. We have embarked on a streamline of our information systems and are introducing integrated ERP, CRM, and HR systems across the Group. Collin’s immediate priority will be on developing an information technology strategy and its governance structures with a special focus on Group standards and information security.”

Collin joined Altron from T-Systems in 2017.