Kris joined VitalityHealth as Chief Information Officer in 2017. Prior to Vitality Health, he held a CIO position at Discovery Health in South Africa, where he was responsible for the Health division and shared applications across the group, including Digital Channels, Finance, HR, Broker Commissions and other enterprise-wide systems.

Prior to Discovery, Kris held a CIO position at Netcare Limited for seven years. Kris has 15 years of healthcare experience, 23 years of IT and 32 years of business experience.

Kris holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of West London. He has also completed Information Technology Leaders programme at Stanford University, as well an Automotive Engineering Diploma (PL). Kris’s professional qualifications further include Enterprise Architecture TOGAF-9 certification and Advanced Valuations Techniques at GIBS.

Living in Surrey, Kris enjoys riding his mountain bike and vintage motorcycles, reading (mostly audio books) and following technology trends and financial markets.