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An industry is born

Visionary CIO for 2009, Absa’s internet channel head Carl Louw, is a softly spoken, unassuming man who created an industry and looks set to change one or two others.

02 December 2009

The core feature of any Visionary CIO is that he, she or it must fit the ‘visionary’ criteria – 2009 winner Carl Louw does just that.

He is described by the judging panel as “a man with an almost uncanny ability to predict business usage of emerging technologies; a person whose track record of success spans a decade, and who has earned the confidence of his organisation to continue exploring new uses for technology.”

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