Group Chairman

Mahesh R Patel

CEO & Co-Founder, Techno Brain Group

Manoj Shanker

Manoj is the Group CEO, Techno Brain Group. His aspiration is to create a world-class High-Tech Global company from Africa providing services and solutions to the world.  “From Africa to the World”.  With presence in 19 countries and 900 employees Techno Brain is an important tech company.

Manoj has steered Techno Brain Group as CEO and as a Member of the Board, to what the company is today through innovation, commitment, and passion. Under his leadership, the company continues to expand globally since the year 1997 and has added to its portfolio IT Solutions and Business Process Outsourcing business units from a Computer Training Company. The company’s customer portfolio includes industry leaders in the Private Sector, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) and Government Institutions all over the globe.

His vision is aligned with his passion; Empowering Lives in Africa through Technology. He has always been passionate about technology and how it can be used to transform Africa. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014 by CNBC, East Africa Region and Techno Brain ranked as the second fastest-growing Technology company in Africa by Deloitte’s Fast 500 Technology company survey in 2014.

Manoj has a passion for nature & wildlife photography and is the founder of Techno Brain Foundation. https://technobraingroup.com/about-us/technobrain-foundation/

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Antonio Poncioni Merian

Antonio currently serves as our Independent Non-Executive Director. Prior to joining Techno Brain, he was a Senior Advisor and a member of Lazard’s Global Sovereign Advisory Team, and Director – Africa at Odebrecht. Throughout his career, he has advised, in different capacities, a series of governments in Africa committed to modernizing their administration and to further deepening their trade relations with Brazil. Antonio has also worked with various international organizations actively engaged in emerging markets, and more notably so in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Latin America.

Educated at the École Normale Supérieure, the Universities of UC Berkeley and Sorbonne Nouvelle, Antonio obtained an « agrégation » and holds both a Master in Public Affairs & International Relations from Sciences-Po (Paris) and a PhD in Latin American and Spanish Studies.

Antonio is a Trustee of the World Law Foundation, a Board member of Politique Internationale, a Goodwill Ambassador for the Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (Germany) and the Instituto Pedro Pires para a Liderança (Cabo Verde), as well as a Senior Advisor for Voqin and Petrotec (Portugal).

Additionally, he is a member of various prestigious organizations or bodies, such as the Trilateral Commission (David Rockefeller Fellow), the B20 Infrastructure and Investment Taskforce & the Anti-Corruption Forum, The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), the Club XXIe Siècle and the African Leadership Network (ALN).

Director

Ketan V Patel

CEO & Co-Founder, Techno Brain Group

Manoj Shanker

Manoj is the Group CEO, Techno Brain Group. His aspiration is to create a world-class High-Tech Global company from Africa providing services and solutions to the world.  “From Africa to the World”.  With presence in 19 countries and 900 employees Techno Brain is an important tech company.

Manoj has steered Techno Brain Group as CEO and as a Member of the Board, to what the company is today through innovation, commitment, and passion. Under his leadership, the company continues to expand globally since the year 1997 and has added to its portfolio IT Solutions and Business Process Outsourcing business units from a Computer Training Company. The company’s customer portfolio includes industry leaders in the Private Sector, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) and Government Institutions all over the globe.

His vision is aligned with his passion; Empowering Lives in Africa through Technology. He has always been passionate about technology and how it can be used to transform Africa. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014 by CNBC, East Africa Region and Techno Brain ranked as the second fastest-growing Technology company in Africa by Deloitte’s Fast 500 Technology company survey in 2014.

Manoj has a passion for nature & wildlife photography and is the founder of Techno Brain Foundation. https://technobraingroup.com/about-us/technobrain-foundation/

DIRECTOR – USA

Clint Cuny

DIRECTOR - TAX & CUSTOMS BUSINESS

Colin Gabay

Collins is a Senior Information Technology Director with extensive worldwide experience in delivering business solutions and working with businesses to improve performance and resolve issues with the management and delivery of new and existing systems and software. He focuses on increasing ROI within IT delivery projects by managing risk and fostering teamwork and consensus at all levels of the Agile delivery life-cycle.

He engages with all function/Product Owners to deliver Agile processes and assign work priorities in line with available resources and business needs. He manages the product development functions across technology and multidisciplinary teams in distributed locations in line with objectives, time scales and agreed budgets. Champions Governance standards, processes and procedures across the Business Analysis, Development and Testing life cycle and promotes the delivery of appropriate documentation as a part of product development risk mitigation.

CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER - DJITAL BUSINESS

Saj Abraham

Saj is passionate about Digital Transformation and since he joined Techno Brain Group over 13 years ago, he has handled various roles from Head of Presales, Head of Enterprise Business, Head of New Business, Driving Innovation and currently, he is in charge of  Driving Digital Transformation.

Prior to Joining Techno Brain, Saj worked in the KANBAN Supply Chain in the Automotive Industry, Steel Manufacturing and Distribution.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from St. Xavier’s College and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing and Management Information Systems (MIS) from West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata.

DIRECTOR - SOUTH AFRICA, SWAZILAND & LESOTHO

Nkosingiphile Cedric Shabangu

Cedric is the Country Director South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. He is a passionate scholar and an advocate of customer satisfaction.

He started his career in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector, working for SC Johnson and Son and thereafter moved to Datacentrix where he led the SMME (Small Micro Medium Enterprises) business channel to promote Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) and develop sales channels for Datacentrix.

Cedric holds a Master’s Degree in Marketing at the University of Pretoria and also holds a Management Development Programme Certificate from Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).

General Manager – Sales (Ethiopia)

Yonathan Shibru

Yonathan is The General Manager, Techno Brain Ethiopia. He is an experienced Business Professional with expertise in all facets of program management, project planning, risk assessment, and client services. He has led in different levels of organizational structure to achieve productivity through stakeholder partnerships.

In his 15+ years of experience, he has worked in various industries including healthcare, non-profit, and IT firms.

Yonathan holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Goshen College, USA and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Indiana University, USA.