Darren-Paul Sutcliffe, Banking

Hello, and welcome. I am Darren-Paul Sutcliffe, a Plucky and Unconventional individual actively seeking out New Opportunities.

Darren-Paul Sutcliffe's Bio:

Darren-Paul Sutcliffe, an eager change architect whose big project is currently himself. Busy fine-tuning his brand, sanding down the rough edges, varnishing his social appearance and freshening things up in anticipation of even brighter days. Quirky, transformational leader with a knack for IT enablement and control seeking out professional opportunities to create, inspired, plan, trail blaze with other like minded individuals or organisations across sectors and industries.

Darren-Paul Sutcliffe's Experience:

Head, Office of the Group CIO at The Standard Bank Group Limited
July 2011 - April 2012
IT leader and specialist operating within the Office of the Group CIO. Responsible for overseeing the Office of the Group CIO and Group IT Strategy and Architecture functions; IT governance, advocacy and compliance; along with business management and executive reporting. Additionally, appointed as the ?16.2 Assistant for Group IT ito Occupational Health and Safety.
Head of IT Governance, Risk & Compliance (Group IT Strategy & Architecture) at The Standard Bank Group Limited
October 2009 - July 2011
Provided subject matter expertise on IT governance, risk and compliance across the SBK Banking Group through championing best practices in a high-volume, dynamic environment. Provided leadership in IT governance, advocacy and compliance strategy and execution in supporting governance processes, deployment and improvement initiatives. Created strategy and processes related to all areas of IT governance and compliance. Also proactively co-ordinated and participated in the efforts of several working groups to ensure application of King III and other internal and external forums dealing with IT GRC, corporate governance, regulatory and legislative advocacy.
IT Architecture Governance Manager at The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
August 2007 - February 2010
Developed and deployed enterprise IT practices for architectural governance, project methodology, and infrastructure migration from legacy systems. Organized and chaired architectural committees composed of both business and technology partners to align business and IT strategies. Classified architectural platforms, components, and technologies for future replacement, containment, retirement, and emerging technology targets.
Regulatory & Legislative Consultant, National Credit Act Project at The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
June 2006 - August 2007
Secretary-General at Alliance of Free Democrats
September 2005 - November 2005
Founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats. Elected Secretary-General and National Spokesperson. As senior office bearer and served as the organisation's chief administrative officer along with the chief communications officer of the organisation.
Chief-of-Staff at Alliance of Free Democrats
September 2005 - November 2005
Chief-of-Staff to Deputy President at Independent Democrats
June 2004 - September 2005
Provincial General-Secretary (Gauteng Province) at Independent Democrats
September 2003 - May 2004
The Provincial General-Secretary is a senior elected office bearer of the ID, and serves the organisation's provincial administrative officer. In addition served as the Provincial Spokesperson for the organisation.
Internal Account Manager at Quest Flexible Staffing Solutions
January 2002 - February 2003
Head: IT Governance, Advocacy & Compliance, and ICBC Strategic Collaboration (OGCIO) at The Standard Bank Group Limited
January 2012
IT leader and specialist operating within the Office of the Group CIO. Responsible for overseeing all activities related to ICBC strategic co-operation and collaboration; IT governance, advocacy and compliance; along with the effective and timely delivery of special and/or ad hoc projects. Additionally, appointed as the ?16.2 Assistant for Group IT ito Occupational Health and Safety.

Darren-Paul Sutcliffe's Education:

University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
2009 – 2014
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
Zapthink
2009 – 2009
Certificate, SOA Governance
Concentration: SOA Governance
Architecting-the-Enterprise
2008 – 2008
Certification
Concentration: TOGAF 8.1.1
Sir Pierre van Ryneveld
1996 – 1999
Matric
Concentration: English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, History, Accounting, Business Economics
Queen's College Boy's High School
1995 – 1996
Senior Certificate (University Endorsed)
Concentration: English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, History, Business Economics, Accounting

Darren-Paul Sutcliffe's Interests & Activities:

Eating. Praying. Living. And, much more!

Darren-Paul Sutcliffe

IT leader and professional focused on IT enablement and control | Banking

Hello, and welcome. I am Darren-Paul Sutcliffe, a Plucky and Unconventional individual actively seeking out New Opportunities.

Darren-Paul Sutcliffe's Bio:

Darren-Paul Sutcliffe's Experience:

Head, Office of the Group CIO at The Standard Bank Group Limited

Head of IT Governance, Risk & Compliance (Group IT Strategy & Architecture) at The Standard Bank Group Limited

IT Architecture Governance Manager at The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Regulatory & Legislative Consultant, National Credit Act Project at The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Secretary-General at Alliance of Free Democrats

Chief-of-Staff at Alliance of Free Democrats

Chief-of-Staff to Deputy President at Independent Democrats

Provincial General-Secretary (Gauteng Province) at Independent Democrats

Internal Account Manager at Quest Flexible Staffing Solutions

Head: IT Governance, Advocacy & Compliance, and ICBC Strategic Collaboration (OGCIO) at The Standard Bank Group Limited

Darren-Paul Sutcliffe's Education:

University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika

Zapthink

Architecting-the-Enterprise

Sir Pierre van Ryneveld

Queen's College Boy's High School

Darren-Paul Sutcliffe's Interests & Activities: