Aletha Ling

Aletha Ling is a veteran technology executive with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry. She joined Fundamo as Chief Operating Officer in 2005, later becoming Executive Director, and has been instrumental in establishing Fundamo as one of the largest specialist mobile financial services companies in the world. After Visa acquired Fundamo in 2011, she became SVP Operations for Emerging Markets Digital at Visa Cape Town. As a serial innovator and entrepreneur, she has founded, nurtured and sold multiple ventures across healthcare, financial services, and presentation services. Her career includes founding Software Futures Group with Anne Czerner (sold during the dot-com boom), serving as CEO of Strategy and New Business Development at MGX (2001), leading Futureworld as Chief Executive Officer, and working at IBM as Head of Software Business (until 1993). She has extensive expertise in technology, sales, marketing, and management.