Academy Fellow

Thomas Hamata

CISA, COBIT 2019 Foundation

Experience into practice.

Thomas Hamata is a digital trust leader, training facilitator and audit committee member.

His experience spans audit leadership, IT risk and controls, fintech regulation and technology assurance, with assignments served across sub-Saharan Africa, the United Kingdom, Canada and the Netherlands.

Thomas has worked across internal audit and second-line risk and control functions, with assurance experience spanning digital transformation risk, cybersecurity, third-party risk, IT governance, IT controls and regulatory compliance. He has also led internal audit innovation programmes focused on integrating AI into the audit process.

A Financial Sciences alumnus of the University of Pretoria, his professional development includes the Oxford Executive Strategy Programme at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School; Certificate in Digital Transformation Strategy for Business Leaders through the Gordon Institute of Business Science; and Certificates in Compliance Management & Blockchain & Digital Currencies through the University of Cape Town. He is also an accredited ISACA Global trainer for CISA® and COBIT-19 Foundation®.

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