Jean-Jacques’ career of 30 years spans several industries and geographies.  He is a globally certified PMP (Project Management Professional) and NPDP (New Product Development Professional), including COBIT, ITIL and BPMs.  He completed the MBA-LS degree at the University of Cumbria and a Master’s in Science in Information Systems Management degree from the University of Salford (England).

Jean-Jacques has served in mostly senior management positions in numerous industries: ICT, Financial Services, Air Travel and Transport, Mining, Renewable Energy, Telecoms, Retail, and Management /Technical Consulting.  He currently serves as Programme Manager for the Real-time Information Systems programme (known as ‘RTIMS’ which delivers Research, Technology and Innovation in/for: ICT, Digitalisation, the Industrial Internet of Things, Data and Information Management etc. in mining), for the Minerals Council South Africa, and is primarily based at the Mandela Mining Precinct.  The aim is to assist in bringing the SA mining industry ‘up-to-speed’ in terms of 4IR Technologies and Jean-Jacques has embraced this challenge and embarked on it since 2017.  In addition, Jean-Jacques leads and chairs the Mining Industry’s IT Policy Management Committee.  He also serves as co-chair at the Industry Internet of Things Consortium’s Mining Vertical Working Group.

Jean-Jacques also serves as an Assessor at Getsmarter, in the University of Oxford/Saïd Business School’s Executive Leadership programme.