Sumbion SF :: about us

The name of Sumbion SF is taken from the Greek "sumbioun", which means "to live together" and from which the word symbiosis is derived. A symbiosis embodies the principles and values that Sumbion SF strives for in the relationship with each of our customers. Winning an assignment is the first step towards establishing a longer term professional relationship with a customer. We like to compare this relationship to the state of mutualistic symbiosis found in nature - a long-term relationship where both parties benefit.

Sumbion Solution Facilitators was established in 2003 by Pierre Durandt, an information technology professional with extensive knowledge and experience in the field of national payment systems and financial market infrastructure. For a period, while based in Europe, the company was known as Sumbion AG. During 2011 the company relocated to South Africa as its primary base, reverting to the original Sumbion SF in the process.

Pierre started his career in South Africa where he was instrumental in designing and implementing technological infrastructures in the financial infrastructure domain working with the central bank, national treasury, financial exchanges, central securities depository, clearing house and commercial banks. Since 2005 he was responsible for designing mission critical technological architecture for national payment system implementations. He played a key role in major financial infrastructure development projects in Scandinavia, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub Saharan Africa and Central America as the Technical Director of a major international supplier of national payment system software solutions.

Technological expertise accumulated since his career started in 1980 includes ICT infrastructure architecture design, security architecture including PKI solutions, business continuity planning and disaster recovery, systems integration and payment system message management solutions. He is a seasoned facilitator, able to address and bridge the gap between technology and business. He has considerable project management experience, including the oversight of national payment system Real Time Gross Settlement implementations in the role of project director.

During 2010 he returned to his real passion - helping his customers, through the services offered by Sumbion, to define, procure and implement appropriate technological solutions in response to clear and agreed business needs.

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