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andrewjbaker

CIO Capitec at Cloud Scale Consulting

@andrewjbaker UK joined Feb 2026

andrewbaker.ninja github.com/AndrewBaker007

    Bio

    Andrew Baker is the Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Capitec Bank, having stepped into the role in February 2026 after serving as the bank’s CTO. With over two decades of experience in financial technology, he is best known for leading Capitec’s massive migration to AWS and implementing advanced zero-trust security frameworks. His career includes high-level engineering and leadership roles at Amazon Web Services, Absa, and Barclays, where he developed the BARX algorithmic trading platform. A self-described “Data Evangelist” and “AI enthusiast,” Baker is recognized for his deep technical expertise and his focus on building resilient, cloud-native banking infrastructure.

    Interests

    Technology

    WordPress Origin Story

    Andrew has written 6 wordpress addins: https://github.com/andrewbakercloudscale/

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    Current Job

    CIO Capitec
    Present
    Cloud Scale Consulting

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
    16contributions
    high16
    medium0
    score48
    Last 90 days
    47contributions
    high47
    medium0
    score141
    Last 12 months
    126contributions
    high126
    medium0
    score378

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 01 Tue · 06:55
    Plugins high
    Committed [3675473] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 3.2.704
    Sep 01 Tue · 06:55
    Plugins high
    Committed [3675471] to Plugins SVN:
    Update trunk and assets to v3.2.704
    August 2026
    Aug 26 Wed · 14:36
    Plugins high
    Committed [3667276] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 3.2.700
    Aug 26 Wed · 14:36
    Plugins high
    Committed [3667272] to Plugins SVN:
    Update trunk and assets to v3.2.700
    Aug 26 Wed · 08:21
    Plugins high
    Committed [3666509] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 4.21.557
    Aug 26 Wed · 08:21
    Plugins high
    Committed [3666506] to Plugins SVN:
    Update trunk to v4.21.557
    Aug 25 Tue · 08:50
    Plugins high
    Committed [3664930] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 2.9.490
    Aug 25 Tue · 08:49
    Plugins high
    Committed [3664929] to Plugins SVN:
    Update trunk to v2.9.490
    Aug 25 Tue · 08:33
    Plugins high
    Committed [3664899] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 3.2.698
    Aug 25 Tue · 08:32
    Plugins high
    Committed [3664897] to Plugins SVN:
    Update trunk and assets to v3.2.698

    Developer

    3 plugins

    Plugins

    1 favorite