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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
    15contributions
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    medium0
    score45
    Last 90 days
    47contributions
    high47
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    score141
    Last 12 months
    99contributions
    high99
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    score297

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 01 Wed · 08:30
    Plugins high
    Committed [3592329] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 4.21.315
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 18:33
    Plugins high
    Committed [3591833] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 4.21.310
    Jun 30 Tue · 18:33
    Plugins high
    Committed [3591832] to Plugins SVN:
    Remove stale tag 4.21.310
    Jun 30 Tue · 13:01
    Plugins high
    Committed [3591533] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 4.21.310
    Jun 30 Tue · 12:23
    Plugins high
    Committed [3591488] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 3.2.627
    Jun 30 Tue · 10:51
    Plugins high
    Committed [3591337] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 2.9.399
    Jun 28 Sun · 18:46
    Plugins high
    Committed [3589165] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 4.21.308
    Jun 28 Sun · 18:09
    Plugins high
    Committed [3589121] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 4.21.306
    Jun 28 Sun · 14:19
    Plugins high
    Committed [3588868] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 4.21.303
    Jun 16 Tue · 07:36
    Plugins high
    Committed [3574146] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 3.2.617

    Developer

    3 plugins

    Plugins

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