10 February 2006
Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) wishes to announce that
its CIO, Mr Ken Jarvis, will regrettably be leaving SARS at the end of March
2006.
Mr Jarvis has a distinguished career of more than 30 years in the
information and communication technology (ICT) industry. He joined SARS as CIO
in 2002, where he oversaw the Technology and Process division.
SARS will endeavour to find a suitable replacement for the vacancy left by
Mr Jarvisâ pending departure.
SARS must thank Mr Jarvis for his dedicated service to the organisation and
by extension, to the tax paying citizens of this country. Under his reign and
leadership as CIO, SARS was able to introduce remarkable innovations to its IT
operations, in particular the enabling technologies which allow for a single,
integrated view of taxpayers across all tax types.
Mr Jarvis was also instrumental in bringing into effect the free online
eFiling service to business and corporate taxpayers. These service initiatives
contributed in a significant way to SARSâ ability to provide efficient, time
saving and effective services to a broad range of taxpayers.
Within the organisation it reduced turnaround times, increased levels of
productivity and laid a sound basis for the extended use of IT innovation in
future.
SARS wishes Mr Jarvis well in his future endeavours.
Enquiries:
Adrian Lackay
SARS Communications
Cell: 083 388 2580
Issued by: South African Revenue Service
10 February 2006
