Tichaona Zororo – CISA, CIA, CISM, CRISC, CRMA, CDPSE, CGEIT, COBIT Certified Assessor

Tichaona is Director, Digital & Cybersecurity Advisory focusing on advising Boards of Directors, Senior Business Leaders, IT Executives and Management on Digital, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Modernisation, Cybersecurity, Social Media Governance & Auditing, Governance of Information & Technology, Mainstream IT and IT Auditing.

He has several years of in-depth experience in IT, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation & Innovation Governance Social Media Governance & Auditing, ICT Governance, IT Auditing, and IT Risk across private and public sectors in Africa, Europe, the USA and Asia. Tichaona is an advisor to a number of Boards of Directors, IT and Business Leaders across the globe on Digital, Innovation and Digital Transformation, Strategy, Governance of Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, IT, Cybersecurity, AI, IT Risk and IT Auditing.

He is a sought-after Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation & Innovation Governance Advisor, Thought Leader, Trainer, Speaker and Published Author in IT Governance, COBIT, IT Auditing, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, IT Modernisation, Cloud Computing, Predictive Analytics and Cybersecurity and a Digital and Digital Transformation Strategies.

Tichaona is Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE), Certified in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM),  Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and COBIT Certified Assessor. He Holds a BSc. Honours in Information Systems (MSU), A Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Auditing (Wits), An Executive Education in Digital and Digital Transformation Strategies [University of Cambridge Judge Business School] and several other certificates in business and IT.

He is the first African and person from Africa to sit on the ISACA Global Board of Directors [2016 – 2020 terms], ISACA Board Technology Committee[2018 -2020] and to chair its Audit and Risk Committee [2017 – 2019]. He was the Deputy Chair of ISACA Audit and Risk Committee [2016 – 2017] and served as a member of ISACA Finance and Audit & Risk Committee [2019 – 2020]. Tichaona served on the ISACA’s Framework Committee, charged with identifying and supporting activities required to appropriately define, build and maintain a globally applicable and practically usable ISACA enterprise governance and management of IT [GEIT] framework, CGEIT Test Enhancement Sub Committee and ISACA External Advocacy Committee.

He was ISACA South Africa Chapter Board Chair [2016 – 2018], Past Board Chair Director [2018 – 2022], Vice Board Chair [2014 – 2016] and Certifications Director [2012 – 2014].

A renowned Global COBIT Subject Matter Expert, and Advisor, Tichaona is credited for being the first COBIT Certified Assessor in Southern Africa and the 40th world-wide. He has presented and participated in COBIT expert panels at COBIT conferences world-wide. An Accredited COBIT and ISACA Certifications [CISA, CISM, CRISC & CGEIT] Trainer, Tichaona participated and is still involved in the development and review of a number of COBIT publications and ISACA research papers on Big Data, AI, Cloud Computing, BYOD and Outsourced IT Services to mention but a few.

He is an ISACA Hall of Fame – Inducted amongst the first-class of ISACA Hall of Firm inductees. Passionate about everything Digital and Innovation Governance, Tichaona is a 2017 recipient of the prestigious ISACA Harold Weiss Award for Outstanding Achievement for his exceptional dedication and achievement that far exceeds the norm in Digital and Innovation Governance. In 2017, Tichaona was voted the best speaker Africa and Asia Computer Auditing, Cybersecurity and IT Governance ISACA Conferences.

He was National Heritage Council Member of the ARC and Chair of the Risk Management Committee from April 2021 – June 2025. He was Chairman of the IT Governance Committee of the Eastern Cape Province Department of Roads and Public Works [2014 – 2016].

He is currently a member of the IIA Global Guidance Council a Committee charged with advising the strategic direction of The IIA’s guidance, thought leadership content and other content while working with the existing constructs for General Guidance, IT Guidance, Public Sector Guidance and Financial Services Guidance among other inputs. Tichaona is a member of the Council [Board of Directors] of the Vaal University of Technology, a Member of its Audit & Risk Committee [ARC], Governance Committee and Chair of the ICT Governance Committee and an advisor to the South African National Biodiversity Institute.

A natural strategist, Tichaona is married to Ruth Zororo and together they are blessed with 5 children.