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| Chief officers |
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 Reuben September was appointed to the Board on
May 8, 2007 following his appointment as acting Chief
Executive Officer on April, 5, 2007. Previously, he served
as chief operating officer since September 2005, as chief
technical officer from May 2002 until August 2005 and as
managing executive of technology and network services
from March 2000 to April 2002. He has worked in various
engineering and commercial positions at Telkom since
1977. He is a member of the Professional Institute of
Engineers of South Africa (ECSA) and holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
from the University of Cape Town. Mr September is also a
director of Vodacom. |
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 Kaushik Patel was appointed Chief Financial Officer in
January 2004. He joined Telkom and served as deputy
Chief Financial Officer since December 2000. Prior to
joining Telkom, he served as financial director for Teba Bank
Limited from April 1999 to November 2000 and finance
executive for the African Bank Limited since March 1998.
He holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science (Honours)
degree from the University of South Africa and is a
Chartered Accountant (South Africa). Mr Patel is also an
alternate non-executive director of Vodacom. |
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 Motlatsi Nzeku was appointed Chief Information
Officer in March 2006 and is currently also the acting chief
operating officer. Previously, he was group executive of
procurement since November 2004 and managing
executive of customer services from April 2001 to October
2004. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and
Physics and a Bachelor of Engineering degree. |
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| Change in management |
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| In addition to the above, although the following chief officers
were in Telkom's employment for the financial year ended
March 31, 2007, they resigned on March 31, 2007: |
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Thami Msimango – Chief Technical Officer; |
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Wallace Beelders – Chief Sales and Marketing
Officer; and |
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Mandla Ngcobo – Chief Corporate Affairs. |
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 Ouma Rasethaba was appointed as acting Chief
Corporate Affairs Officer on May 1, 2007. She joined
Telkom in February 2006 serving as group executive of
regulatory and public policy. Prior to joining Telkom she
practiced as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa.
She also held the position of special director of Public
Prosecutions at the National Prosecuting Authority from
February 2000 to January 2006. She holds a Bachelors
degree in law (B.Proc.) from the University of the North, an
Honours degree in law (LLB) from the University of the
Witwatersrand, a Masters degree in law (LLM) from the
University of Pretoria as well as a Higher Diploma in
Company Law from the University of the Witwatersrand.
She is non-executive director and Chairman and member of
the audit committee of TDS Directory Operations (Pty)
Limited. |
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 Bashier Sallie was appointed acting Chief Technical
Officer on April 1, 2007. Previously, he served as managing
executive for network field operations from January 2006 to
March 2007, managing executive for network service
management from April 2004 to December 2005, managing
executive data services from January 2002 to March 2004
and executive for telematics from February 1999 to December
2001. He joined Telkom in 1986, starting his career in the
former Department of Posts and Telecommunications and
served most of his early tenure in technology and network
services. He completed the Management Advancement
Programme at the Graduate School of Business Leadership at
the University of the Witwatersrand. |
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 Godfrey Ntoele was appointed acting Chief Sales and
Marketing Officer on April 1, 2007. He has also served as
managing executive, retail business since December 2000.
Previously, he served as executive, national accounts,
government accounts and head of sales, government and
utilities from August 1999 to November 2000. Before
joining Telkom, Mr Ntoele was the sales and marketing
director at Nampak. Mr Ntoele obtained a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Law at the University of Fort Hare in 1985,
completed the Management Development Programme at
Rhodes University in 1989 and received the Programme for
Management Development Certificate from the Harvard
Graduate School of Business. |
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