Job Title: IT director
Company: GardaWorld Security - Africa
Henny Schlebusch is the IT director at GardaWorld Security - Africa, a position he has held since October 2026.
He joined GardaWorld from Rhenus Logistics, where he spent close to four years in a series of regional and global IT leadership roles. He was global IT director from April 2025 to September 2026, regional IT director for EMEA, managing director of Rhenus ICT Services, based in the Netherlands, from May 2024 to April 2025, and regional IT director for Africa Before Rhenus, Henny was application development manager at FNB South Africa from and the Middle East from January 2023 to May 2024.
February 2019 to December 2022, and system manager at C. Steinweg from May 2015 to January 2019. He was a solutions developer at Genasys Technologies from July 2013 to April 2015, and held two roles at SA Underwriting Agencies as senior IT infrastructure administrator and database administrator between 2010 and 2013. He began his career as technical director at VTS Botswana in January 2007.
Henny is a chartered professional CIO (Pr.CIO) and a professional member of the Institute of Directors. He holds a higher certificate in information technology from the Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology, a Bachelor's degree in business and commerce from Regent Business School, and is completing an MBA in artificial intelligence at the University of Cumbria.
Work
Oct 2026 – Present: IT director, GardaWorld Security - Africa
Apr 2025 – Sep 2026: global IT director, Rhenus Logistics
May 2024 – Apr 2025: regional IT director, EMEA, and managing director, Rhenus ICT Services, Rhenus Logistics
Jan 2023 – May 2024: regional IT director, Africa / Middle East, Rhenus Logistics
Feb 2019 – Dec 2022: application development manager, FNB South Africa
May 2015 – Jan 2019: system manager, C. Steinweg Group
Jul 2013 – Apr 2015: solutions developer, Genasys Technologies
Sep 2012 – Jul 2013: database administrator, SA Underwriting Agencies
Oct 2010 – Jul 2013: senior IT infrastructure administrator, SA Underwriting Agencies
Jan 2007 – 2009: technical director, VTS Botswana
Education
Jan 2024 – Dec 2026: MBA (artificial intelligence), the University of Cumbria
2017 – 2019: BCom, Regent Business School
2014 – 2015: Higher certificate in information technology, Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology
GardaWorld Security - Africa
GardaWorld Security - Africa is the African arm of GardaWorld Security, a global security services group, providing security, risk management and related services to clients across the continent.
