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Susan Potgieter

Susan heads up Strategic Services at SABRIC, a non-profit company created by the banking industry to support them in their fight against organised crime. She has been instrumental in visioning and facilitating the implementation of multiple interbank crime combating initiatives including the establishment of Banking industry CSIRT as first private sector CSIRT in South Africa.

She regularly engages with key stakeholders in Government and the private sector to explore opportunities to collaborate with the banking industry, in the fight against crime. Susan represents SABRIC and its members on various forums and participates in several national initiatives aimed at creating cyber resilience in the financial services sector.

An attorney by profession, Susan holds a LLM in Corporate Law and has worked with the banking industry in various capacities over the past 28 years.