Guy Pearce

Strategic senior digital transformation professional. Strong business and financial acumen with a specialisation in IT and data governance and risk management as a basis for strategic enablement, supported by strong numeracy to enable risk-sensitive deployment of data science and AI capabilities. Diverse senior strategic and operational leadership experience as CEO (multinational retail finance), interim CIO (provincial government agency), and CDO (multinational startup). Boards served include ISACA Ottawa Valley, IIBA Global, Steward Bank (formerly TN Bank), JDGT (Pty) Ltd, Maravedi Group (Pty) Ltd, MFS (Pty) Ltd, and MCS (Pty) Ltd, as well as volunteer boards like Kingston Velo Club. Strong communicator with a talent for building relationships, facilitating collaborative problem-solving, and leading change. Adept at training, knowledge transfer, coaching, and mentoring. I regularly share knowledge globally by writing for technical journals. Education: BSc Computer Science and Environment (built and natural environment); BCom Economics and Quants; MBA; CGEIT (IT Governance); CDPSE (Privacy Solutions Engineering). CDMP (Data Management) in progress. * Awarded the global ISACA Michael Cangemi Award for major published contributions to IT governance Thought leadership and knowledge sharing: * Published 80+ articles on various aspects of IT, data, and AI in publications like ISACA Journal, NACD Directorship, ICD Director, and GIA Governance Directions * Developed a Digital Transformation course for the University of Toronto * Annual guest lecturer at McMaster for many years on digital Sector experience: Healthcare, Education, Law Enforcement, Social Services, Banking, Insurance