Phila Ndarana

Phila Ndarana currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at the Auditor-General of South Africa, a position held since June 2022. Prior to this role, Phila Ndarana worked as the Chief Digital Officer at UbankSA from November 2020 to June 2022 and served as the Chief Information Officer for Wealth, Investment Management and Insurance at Absa Group from April 2019 to October 2020. Phila Ndarana has a robust background in technology leadership, having held various positions at Sanlam Private Wealth, where roles included Chief Information Officer and Head of Information Technology, and at Sanlam, where responsibilities ranged from Head of Project Portfolio Office to Manager of Business Case Services. Early career experience includes a Senior Manager position at the Provincial Government of the Western Cape and a Systems Manager role at Woolworths. Phila Ndarana's education includes degrees from UKZN, Amanzimtoti College of Education, UDW, USB, and the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town.