Tshifhiwa Ramuthaga has more than 20 years of experience in IT, with more than 18 years as a CIO. She is also a Professional CIO (Pr. CIO.) registered with the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA). She has held senior leadership positions at a number of organisations in diverse industries such as government, telecommunications, banking, and financial services regulatory before joining Barloworld in 2017. Tshifhiwa joined Barloworld as the CIO of Barloworld Logistics and later became the Chief Digital & Information Officer of Barloworld Automotive & Logistics.

Tshifhiwa holds a Master of IT degree from the University of Pretoria; an MBA from GIBS/University of Pretoria; and is currently studying towards a Doctoral degree in Business Administration (DBA) with GIBS. Her accolades includes winning the South African Visionary CIO Award from the IITPSA, in association with ITWeb, GIBS and Gartner Africa for demonstrating visionary leadership in using technology to drive strategy and innovation in the organisation. She has been on the Gartner Africa Symposium Advisory Board from 2015 to 2018.