Samresh is a Partner in Deloitte Africa’s Risk Advisory practice based in Johannesburg and is the current leader of the Africa Cyber practice. His cyber experience spans more than 20 years in the Sub-Saharan cybersecurity industry.
His core experience spans deep technical roles through to executive business and people management, across market sectors. He qualified as an Electronic Engineer, before moving into software development and system engineering roles. He then qualified as a firewall engineer, before moving into pre-sales, cybersecurity consulting, and business management roles. He holds a master’s degree in digital business, as well as several cybersecurity specific certifications, most notably CISSP (2009) and CISM (2010).
He was the Deputy CISO at ABSA Group, where he led the Cyber Security Consulting Service Group which comprised of Lead Security Consultants, Security Architects & Research teams. He also chaired the SABRIC Cybersecurity Forum, driving banking sector-wide engagement on topical cybersecurity matters. His prior work experience includes leadership roles in EY Africa, IBM Global Security Services and Dimension Data MEA (now NTT Data), the SA Reserve Bank and Siemens Telecommunications.