Pieter Venter is co-founder and CEO at Ctrl, SA's first digital insurance advice app. A trained engineer, Venter spent three years at Anglo American before completing his MBA at the University of Cape Town's GSB. After four years at the Industrial Development Corporation he joined Absa's Corporate & Investment Banking division working with non-bank financial institutions, including insurers and fintechs, focusing on how technology is changing the insurance sector. In 2017 Pieter resigned to start Ctrl.