Marius Engelbrecht is a seasoned Chartered Accountant with three decades of post-qualification experience. He possesses a profound expertise in leveraging computerised systems for financial information recording. His core passion lies in assisting businesses to harness this information for enhancing customer relationships, service levels, and strategic decision-making.
Marius excels at merging his accounting acumen as a CA(SA) with his extensive knowledge of information systems to develop innovative solutions for diverse business challenges.
His expertise has been pivotal in various significant projects, such as:
- Conducting information systems risk assurance reviews at numerous national and governmental organisations, ensuring audit compliance.
- Managing the implementation of a Disaster Recovery solution for a major German bank in London, coordinating between IT support services and business units, and driving the adoption of recovery measures across departments.
- Overseeing phases of the implementation of a front-office trading platform across locations in London, Frankfurt, New York, and Tokyo for a major German bank.
- Designing and deploying a computer system utilised by 200 businesses in Africa, facilitating seamless information processing and enabling robust analytical reporting through a normalised data structure.
Marius is adept at critical thinking and understands the importance of addressing root causes rather than symptoms in problem-solving. His holistic approach is underpinned by his unique blend of business and information systems knowledge.
Outside of his professional life, Marius is a devoted husband, father, mentor, and friend. Married for 29 years, he and his wife have raised three children who have since moved out.
