Pieter Schreuder

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DISC Type : C

Executive Head of Platform Engineering at M-Pesa, Vodacom at M-PESA Africa

City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Overview

Pieter Schreuder is a technology executive with over 30 years of experience, currently leading platform engineering at M-Pesa Africa. He specializes in managing software development, cloud infrastructure, and fintech platforms, with a strong focus on agile delivery. His work ensures the security, scalability, and resilience of M-Pesas services across the continent.

Colleagues and partners describe Pieter as a results-oriented and superb leader with invaluable knowledge of agile project management. He is recognized for his ability to understand and deliver on business imperatives. He is also passionate about enabling financial inclusion through technology and plans to attend the Africa Tech Festival 2025.

He is a recipient of the prestigious Safaricom Group CEO Award for his dedication and visionary leadership.

Personality Overview

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Information Seeker

Precise

They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.  They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.

Topics They Care About

Fintech Platforms
He is responsible for the end-to-end health and security of the platforms that power M-Pesa's financial products and services.
Financial Inclusion
His role focuses on enabling financial inclusion across various markets by ensuring M-Pesa's systems are secure, scalable, and highly available.
Agile Delivery
He has a strong focus on agile delivery and has been praised by colleagues for his deep knowledge and successful management of agile projects.

Media Appearances

Pieter has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2023
Executive Head of Platform Engineering at M-Pesa, Vodacom at M-PESA Africa
6-2019 - 10-2023
RTE Infrastructure Shared Service at Vodacom
5-2014 - 5-2019
Account Manager at Altron
6-2011 - 12-2013
IT Programme Manager at Old Mutual
2-2011 - 7-2011
Senior IT Project Manager at Santam

Education

1990 - 1992
Education details unavailable from Cape Peninsula University of Technology
2009 - 2009
certificate from ScrumSense

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Exp : 14 Location : City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Executive Head of Platform Engineering at M-Pesa, Vodacom at M-PESA Africa
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Insights For Selling To Pieter

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch
  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information
  • Tell them what ROI they can expect

DONT's

  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Don't give superficial answers, they are easily rattled by them
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Pieter is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Pieter

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Pieter move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Pieter take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Pieter

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