Tichaona Zororo - CIA, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CRMA, CGEIT, Certified COBIT Assessor
Tichaona is Director of IT Advisory focusing on advising Boards, Senior Business Executives and Management, IT Auditing, IT Governance Advisory, Training and Enterprise Risk Management.
He is an advisor to numerous global boards and executives on their role in using Emerging and Merging Technologies to create enterprise value through Digital Transformation, Governance and Management of Enterprise IT, IT Risk, Cybersecurity and IT Auditing.
Tichaona has vast years of in-depth experience in mainstream IT, IT Auditing, Cybersecurity, IT Governance and Risk across private and public sectors in Africa, America, Europe and Asia.
He is a member of ISACA International Board of Directors and Chair of ISACA International Audit and Risk Committee. He sits on a number of Audit, Risk and Performance Committees in South Africa. He is the Immediate Past President and Board Member of ISACA South Africa Chapter.
Tichaona served on the ISACA International’s Framework Committee charged with identifying and supporting activities required to appropriately define, build and maintain a globally applicable and practically useable ISACA enterprise governance and management of IT (GEIT) framework (COBIT), CGEIT Test Enhancement Sub Committee, External Advocacy Committee, ISACA South Africa Chapter President, Vice President and Chapter Certifications Director. He was Deputy Chair of ISACA International Audit and Risk Committee and he chaired the IT Governance Committee of Eastern Cape Province Department of Roads & Public Works.
He is a sought after trainer, speaker and published author in IT Governance, COBIT, IT Auditing, Social Media, Cloud Computing, Big Data and Cybersecurity. Tichaona was voted the best speaker 2017 Asia CACS and Africa CACS.
Tichaona is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) and Certified COBIT 5 Assessor. He Holds a B.Sc. Honours in Information Systems (MSU), A Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Auditing (Wits) and several other certificates in business and IT.
Tichaona has been involved in and continues to contribute to the development of numerous ISACA white papers on Big Data, DevOps, Cybersecurity, IT Governance, Cloud Computing, BYOD and Outsourced IT Services to mention but a few.
A renowned COBIT advisor and trainer, Tichaona is credited for being the first COBIT 5 Certified Assessor in Southern Africa and the 40th worldwide. He is the first African and person from Africa to sit on the ISACA Board of Directors and to chair its Audit & Risk Committee. Tichaona is also the youngest to become the president of the ISACA South Africa Chapter.
He is a COBIT 5 subject matter expert who has participated in the development and review of numerous COBIT publications. Tichaona has presented and participated in the COBIT expert panels at many COBIT conferences in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. He is an accredited COBIT 5 Foundation, Implementation and Assessor qualifications trainer.
Passionate about everything Governance & Management of Enterprise IT- Digital and Innovation -Tichaona Zororo is a recipient of the ISACA 2017 Harold Weiss Award for Outstanding Achievement for his exceptional dedication & achievement that far exceeds the norm in IT governance.
A natural strategist, Tichaona is married to Ruth and together they are blessed with 4 beautiful daughters.