Dr. Christoph Nieuwoudt

CDAO at FirstRand Group, former CEO (FNB Consumer) and CRO (FNB).
Background

Christoph’s varied career includes registering as a Pr. Eng., completing four degrees including a Ph.D. in Engineering on Machine Learning, consulting with McKinsey & Company and working across five continents. He is a Dirk van Rooy medallist in Mathematics, a Mellon Foundation Scholar, he co-designed the first Computer Engineering degree in South Africa (at University of Pretoria) and chaired the interbank credit committee for the rescue of African Bank (the largest bank failure in South African history).

He joined the FirstRand Group in 2004 in the WesBank division to grow their international businesses, including an acquisition in the UK (now Moto Novo, part of Aldermore group). In 2007 he became Head of Credit and in 2010 FNB Chief Risk Officer and FirstRand head of Retail Credit. In 2016, he became CEO of FNB Consumer, in perhaps the most contested space in SA banking. In 2020 he became the FirstRand Chief Data and Analytics Officer, a newly created position.


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