First National Bank (FNB) recently appointed Yolande van Wyk as the new CEO for Smart Services. Yolande and her highly skilled and dedicated team are responsible for the development of innovative alternative banking solutions a well as FNB’s eMoney business.
Yolande joined First National Bank Cellphone Business Solutions and Smart Services as Head of Product Development and was part of the original Cellphone Banking team. Since then she’s headed up Strategic Projects as well as Expansion, and was responsible for the management and implementation of her division’s products in FNB and FirstRand subsidiaries within the African continent.
Yolande’s active interest in mobile telecoms has enabled her to develop various innovative mobile financial products. As a qualified Industrial Engineer, Yolande began her career as a mobile telecoms consultant at Icon Corporation and Accenture Consulting before joining Leaf Wireless as an Analyst, later becoming Project Office Manager for Leaf Wireless. She has also completed her Masters in Business Administration at UCT at the Graduate School of Business.
Yolande is a dynamic, fun, loving and caring individual who has worked in various interesting markets such as Nigeria, Zambia and India. Yolande is a leading expert in mobile financial services and financial inclusion. With her extensive experience she is a regular speaker at innovation and banking conferences around the world.
Yolande is a prime example of a woman in IT and Financial Services that has become a leading thinker on mobile technologies and mobile banking who truly embraces the world of change and bridging the gap between ICT and Business.
