Industrial Technology Executive · Group Exco
Transforming industrial organisations through clarity, structure and innovation.
Group Chief Information & Technology Officer · Group Exco · 25+ years leading digital, ERP, AI, cybersecurity and business transformation across global industrial organisations.
Executive Summary
Pieter Oosthuizen carries executive accountability across innovation, digitalisation, value realisation, insights and analytics, business improvement, cyber security and enterprise systems — partnering across the executive leadership team to connect strategy to operational execution.
He architects transformation rather than merely leading it: defining and executing the enterprise-wide digital and business transformation agenda, establishing a Digital and Innovation Centre of Excellence, a Global ERP Competence Centre, and AI capability and governance — and leading global ERP and process transformations end-to-end.
Operating Philosophy
Three principles that govern every transformation.
Clarity before Technology
Most industrial organisations do not have a technology problem. They have a clarity problem. Strategy precedes platform.
Structure before Scale
Operating models, governance, and decision rights mature before capability is scaled. Discipline compounds.
Innovation with Intent
Emerging technology is deployed where it shifts competitive position — not where it merely optimises the familiar.
At a Glance
A quarter century of executive industrial leadership.
From global ERP rollouts at Anglo American and AngloGold Ashanti to Group CITO leadership at Master Drilling — a career defined by global programmes, sector breadth, and measurable operational outcomes.
25+
Years Leading Industrial Technology
Group Exco
Member, reporting into the COO
4 Continents
Global ERP & Transformation Programmes
8+ Sectors
Mining, Resources, Industrial, Retail
Most industrial organisations do not have a technology problem. They have a clarity problem.
— Pieter Oosthuizen
Areas of Expertise
Where executive judgement meets technical depth.
Digital Transformation
ERP & Enterprise Systems
Cybersecurity & Governance
Data, Analytics & AI
Operational Excellence
Business Transformation
Latest Insights
Thought leadership for industrial executives.
Digital Transformation
Why Most Digital Transformation Programmes Fail Before They Begin
The hardest work in transformation happens before a single platform is selected. Without clarity of outcome, ownership, and operating model, every downstream decision compounds into noise.
Leadership
Clarity Before Technology: The Leadership Principle Modern CIOs Need
The role of the modern CIO is not to bring technology to the business. It is to bring clarity to the business so that the right technology decisions become obvious.
ERP & Enterprise Systems
ERP Transformation in Mining: Lessons from Global Rollouts
Global ERP programmes in mining succeed when the global template is non-negotiable, the regional localisations are disciplined, and the operations are engaged from day one.
Strategic Conversation