Tree 🌳
Tanaka Malaba has extensive experience in engineering and technology leadership, with a strong focus on infrastructure, cloud strategy, and product development. At Tree, Tanaka served as Head of Infrastructure & Platforms, managing IT operations, data engineering, and critical platforms while implementing disaster recovery strategies. Previously, as Head of Engineering, Tanaka played a key role in launching Saudi Arabia's first digital insurer and developed first-to-market telematics capabilities. At Bi-me, Tanaka led the creation of Africa's first fully online business insurance platform, significantly reducing cloud expenses and ensuring regulatory compliance. Additional experience includes serving as Technical Lead at Nedbank, where Tanaka oversaw scalable full-stack development, and as a Software Engineer at IQbusiness, enhancing online trading operations. Tanaka holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting Sciences from the University of the Witwatersrand and completed a degree in Computer Software Engineering at WeThinkCode.
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Tree 🌳
Think insurance is dull and old? Think again. Founded in Saudi Arabia, Tree is on a journey to revolutionize how you go about your insurance. We’re kickstarting our journey with a fresh and flexible way for people to insure their cars. Tree is uniquely designed to give customers the flexibility to pick what they need and change their choices anytime. Fair pricing, instant support, straightforward language and an intuitive design are at our core. We’ve sown the seeds and soon, we will branch out with many other ways to help people protect what they cherish and give them the friendliest insurance in Saudi Arabia. With a young, diverse and talented team, Tree will soon bring other innovative solutions to empower our customers to live freely and go unbound! Tree is licensed by IA and backed by the expertise of Tawuniya, Saudi Arabia's leading insurance company.