FD Insights Issue 12 | Page 50

Industry Changing Faces As technology has developed and progressed, so too has the role of the foremost proponent of IT within a company, the CIO. By Tristan Penver Previously seen as a purely IT function, the position has grown to encompass a wider range of responsibilities, and has become an integral one in many modern companies. 48 | www.firstdistribution.co.za