Prashant Rijhumal

Prashant Rijhumal

Chief Data and Analytics Officer Rand Merchant Bank
Prashant Rijhumal

Prashant is a seasoned data and analytics professional with 17 years of experience in the field. He is currently the Chief Data and Analytics Oicer at Rand Merchant Bank. He qualified in 2008 with a BSc Honours and completed his actuarial studies shortly thereafter, becoming a fellow of both the UK Faculty and Institute of Actuaries as well as the Actuarial Society of South Africa.

Day 2 | 18 November 2026

10:30 AM Keynote Panel: Centralised, Federated, or Hybrid: How can you balance ownership, control and scalability across the enterprise to support scalability and business needs?

As data environments grow in scale and complexity, organisations are rethinking how data is owned, managed and delivered. Centralised models can provide consistency and control, but often struggle to keep pace with business demand, while more federated approaches introduce challenges around standardisation and accountability. This panel will explore how organisations are designing data operating models that balance these competing demands. 

  • How can you structure ownership across central teams and business domains?
  • How can you balance control, standardisation and scalability in evolving data models?
  • How can you define accountability to support both platform growth and business responsiveness?

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Prashant.

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