Eugene Booysen: Driving new thinking, attacking corporate antibodies

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Eugene Booysen is one of a new breed of bankers, a group who realise that the industry needs to transform dramatically to remain relevant. His Damascene Conversion came after attending Singularity University in Silicon Valley: "I left SA as Eugene and returned as Newgene." As head of innovation at Barclays Africa he has the challenge of driving new thinking into a 40 000 person enterprise that is full of corporate antibodies ready to attack any suggestion of change. He tells Alec Hogg how he's going about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 May 2015 1AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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