Alewyn Burger (born 1951) is a South African banker and former

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. He has a PhD in mathematics from the

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and attended Harvard Business School's six-week Advanced Management Program (1991). He semi-retired from his position at Standard Bank in 2011 and currently acts as an advisor for PwC and

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. He also teaches as a visiting professor at the

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.
http://investing.businessweek.com .

Academic life and early career

His studies started at the

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in Johannesburg where he received an MSc degree in

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in 1974 and subsequently earned a PhD in mathematical statistics at the

in 1981. In 1991 he completed an Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School.
http://www.usb.ac.za * Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School 1991 * Advanced Executive program (AEP) at

1986 * Received a MSc at the

1974

ABSA Bank merger

Burger had a key position during the Absa Group, Absa Bank Group merger between 1992 and 1997, which included amalgamating United Bank, Allied Bank, the Volkskas Group as well as the Sage Group. Burger was instrumental in integrating the IT systems into a single integrated operation, and transforming the organization from a product silo structure to a more customer centric.
http://www.standardbank.co.za

Current and previous directorships

* 1999-2001 Frankling (Pty) Ltd Investment company. * 1997-1998 Absa Group, Absa Bank Group Member of group board. Responsible for cards and electronic banking, Commercial banks, ABSA Direct, Group operations, Electronic Commerce and Group R&D *

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1979-1991 ** United Group Executive Director, accountable for all operations, research and technology services. **United Building Society. General Manager for IT, Research and Management Services divisions ** Deputy General Manager, IT and Research Department ** Assistant General Manager for the IT Division ** Head Office Manager of Applications Programming, IT Division ** Manager of the Research department * 1974-1980 SA Defence Force in the DISA unit. Work relating to Statistics and Operations Research. * Standard Bank ** Board and advisory positions * Absa Group, Absa Bank Group ** Commercial Bank Divisional Board ** Corporate Bank Divisional Board ** Financial Services ** Private Banking and Investment Services ** Bankfin ** Cortal Direct * SA Banking Council (representing ABSA) * Global Access SA * Destiny Electronic Commerce (JV with Naspers: Chairman) * Smartec Technonologies (JV with Franklin: Chairman) * Payments Association of SA (Chairman 1996-1998) * Transwitch Services, Easypay (JV with Pick ‘n Pay: Chairman 1996-1998) * Visa International Regional Board (Representing ABSA) * MasterCard Regional Board for Middle East and Africa (representing ABSA) *

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Global Board (representing ABSA)

Awards and recognitions

* ICT Industry Leader of the year 2005 * IT personality of the year in South Africa 2003
http://www.iweek.ac.za * Finalist in South African National Boss of the year competition 1998 He is married and has three children.

References

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