Cobus Nel
Executive General Manager - Ist @Transpower New Zealand
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WORK HISTORY
Executive General Manager - Ist @Transpower New Zealand
Wellington & Wairarapa, NZ
Transpower operates at the heart of the New Zealand economy, providing connections that power our way of life. Like any business, Transpower needs to develop a realistic view of the future to ensure our services are meeting our customers\' ever-changing energy needs. With new technologies emerging, the electricity sector is evolving and society changing around us. Transpower\'s Information Services & Technology (IST) division is fortunate in that we touch all divisions of the business and play a vital role in Transpower\'s corporate strategy, setting the direction in response to the challenges and priorities developed in \'Transmission Tomorrow\'(a report outlining our future view of the NZ electricity sector and strategic priorities) and inform the investments supporting Transpower\'s two roles as the grid owner and system operator.Our blueprint for a decarbonised economy is set out in the March 2020 report, Whakamana i Te Mauri Hiko – Empowering our Energy Future.I am accountable for the delivery and maintenance of corporate IT services, Telecommunications services (connecting 180 sites), Electricity Market Systems, Operational Technology Systems and Enterprise Data and Information Management (collectively referred to in Transpower as Information and Communications Technology (ICT)).
EDUCATION
University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
Management Development Programme (MDP), Marketing Management
University of Pretoria
Senior Management Programme (SMP)
University of Pretoria
M.Eng, Electronics
University of Pretoria
B.Eng, Electronics
University of Pretoria
M.Eng, Project Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
EY Darden Executive Program
SKILLS
ABOUT COBUS NEL
I am an experienced Executive and CIO, accountable for systems, people and processes essential to keeping the lights on. My varied career has provided me with the background to have a broad appreciation of the challenges faced by organisations. In response I deliver solutions with enduring value. I engage and am comfortable to present at all levels both internally and externally. I have played a leading role in establishing cross-industry frameworks and exercises and have demonstrated my ability to work on complex multi-year delivery and change programmes. I’m passionate about the electricity industry and specifically the challenges global warming poses and the contribution electrification can make to improving the world we live in. I’m known for my commercial acumen and delivered on transformation and digitisation programmes, resulting in efficiency and effectiveness benefits. My wider contribution at the executive table is recognised and I am sought out to participate in/lead large change initiatives and participate in governance boards.
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