Job Title: group chief information and digital officer
Company: Diamond Trust Bank
Jimmie Mwangi is the group chief information and digital officer at Diamond Trust Bank.
He leads the bank’s digital and technology strategy, overseeing enterprise systems, digital transformation, IT operations and innovation to support business growth and operational efficiency across the group.
Prior to this role, Jimmie served at Equity Bank, where he held roles including group CIO for business process innovation and enterprise digitalisation, and group head of business process innovation.
Earlier, he worked as manager of business process management at African Bank, where he focused on process optimisation, project delivery and aligning business operations with technology capabilities.
Jimmie also served as assistant vice president for business analysis at Absa Group. He supported corporate and investment banking functions through business analysis, project management and systems implementation.
Before this, he worked at Liquid Telecom as a lead business systems analyst, contributing to infrastructure, systems design and service delivery initiatives. He previously spent over three years at Tata Consultancy Services as a lead OSS/BSS business analyst and IT service management consultant.
He began his career in engineering and systems roles, including positions at Tau Space and Giganet Microsystems, where he worked on systems development, infrastructure and IT operations. He also served as a trainer in electronic and computer engineering at Nakuru Computers Training and Services.
Work Experience
2024–Present: group chief information and digital officer, Diamond Trust Bank
2021–2024: group CIO, business process innovation and enterprise digitalisation, Equity Bank
2020–2021: group head, business process innovation, Equity Bank
2019–2020: manager, business process management, African Bank
2016–2019: assistant vice president, business analysis, Absa Group
2016–2016: lead business systems analyst, Liquid Telecom
2012–2016: lead OSS/BSS business analyst and ITSM consultant, Tata Consultancy Services
2007–2012: systems engineer, Tau Space
2003–2007: systems engineer, Giganet Microsystems
2001–2003: trainer, electronic and computer engineering, Nakuru Computers Training and Services
Education
M.Com information systems, University of the Witwatersrand
BCom Informatics, University of South Africa
Bachelor’s degree, informatics, University of South Africa
Certification in IT service management (ITIL), Quintica
About Company
Diamond Trust Bank is a regional financial services group operating across East Africa, providing retail, corporate and digital banking services.
