CASE STUDY
Datacentrix is an African-born ICT systems integrator and managed services provider that operates in Africa and the Middle East. Datacentrix has a strong national presence in South Africa. Operations are managed from the company’ s head office in Midrand and from regional offices in Cape Town, Durban, Gqeberha and East London.
A state-of-the-art logistics centre is situated in Samrand with service centres in George and Polokwane. Datacentrix’ s partnership with a leading services provider in Central, East and West Africa extends local operations to 35 countries across the rest of Africa. Datacentrix Solutions operates in Doha, Qatar and supports the digital business in the Middle East.
The company’ s mature portfolio incorporates intelligent infrastructure, hybrid cloud solutions, data management, digital business platforms, and comprehensive managed services such as everything as a service, security services and resource augmentation.
According to Elizabeth Naidoo, Chief Financial, Risk and Compliance Officer, Datacentrix, traditionally, the CFO’ s role at Datacentrix focused on financial oversight. Today, it has evolved into a strategic function that supports competitive and sustainable value creation. The position has expanded to focus on performance optimisation, capability building and support to the CEO, the Board, executive management and other internal stakeholders.
For Naidoo, who has served for over 22 years at Datacentrix, integration of risk with financial management is critical in building business resilience and driving the company’ s strategic vision. This involves evaluating resource allocation and implementing support structures and activities that impact value creation.
With direct reporting to the CEO, Board and other executives, the goal is to support informed decision making by providing the facts and associated risks to allow for agility and efficiency in business decisions.
FINANCIAL STABILITY, RISK MANAGEMENT,
SUSTAINABILITY ARE MAJOR FACTORS THAT SUPPORT
LONG-TERM GROWTH FOR DATACENTRIX.
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