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Board of Directors
Non-Executive Chairman
Jeff Molobela
Chairman
Mr Jeff Molobela has been appointed as a non-executive director and as Chairman of the Telkom SA Ltd Board of Directors from 1st of November 2009. Mr Molobela holds a BSc (Eng.) Honours degree from the Imperial College (London University) and an MBA from the Imperial College Business School (London University). He has extensive experience in financial services, has served on numerous company boards and board committees and consulted to Denel and Armscor. Mr Molobela has served on the boards of Africon Engineering Limited, Transnet, Primegro Limited, CBS Properties Limited, Growthpoint Properties Limited and Decillion Limited. Mr Molobela currently serves on the boards of N3TC Limited and Cashbuild Limited.
Executive Director
Jeffrey Hedberg
Acting Group Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey Hedberg was appointed to the Board on 7 July 2010 when he was appointed the Acting Group Chief Executive Office of Telkom SA Limited. He joined Telkom Group in November 2009 as CEO of Multilinks. From 2006 – 2009 Jeffrey was CEO of Cell C the third mobile operator in South Africa. In 1999, he joined the management of German Deustche Telkom and became the Chief of International Operations. He also spent time at the Swiss national phone company Swisscom as head of international operations. His experience and expertise spans fixed and mobile telecommunications, mergers and acquisition, international expansion and vendor engagement.
Deon Fredericks
Acting Chief Financial Officer
was appointed as Acting Chief Financial Officer on 25 August 2010. Previously he served as Telkom's Group Executive of Corporate Finance Accounting Services and as Chief Accountant from November 2004 to August 2010. During this time he was appointed Acting Chief Financial Officer from November 2007 – December 2008. He originally joined Telkom SA Limited in 1993 as a Senior Manager in Internal Audit and has held several executive positions in the various facets of finance. He is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). Mr. Fredericks also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree in Business Management. He also serves as a director of Trudon and Multi-Links. He also serves on the audit committee of Trudon and Multi-Links.
Government , Independent and PIC Representatives
Non-executive director
Mr Younaid Waja
Class B Shareholder representative
Mr Younaid Waja has been appointed as a non-executive director (Class B Shareholder representative) on the Board of Telkom with effect from 20 April 2010.In terms of the company's articles of association, the appointment of Mr Younaid Waja is made by the Public Investment Corporation Limited, Telkom's Class B shareholder
Mr Younaid Waja is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Tax and Business Consultant. He currently enjoys membership of various Boards and Committees of organisations such as Blue IQ Ltd, Imperial Holdings Ltd, Pareto Ltd, Diablo Share Trust, Public Investment Corporation, APF Chartered Accountant Inc, and the Income Tax Special Court.
Dr Victor Lawrence
Government representative
Dr Lawrence was appointed to the Board in September 2007, holds BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of London, is the Charles W Bachelor Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Dean for Special Programs at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Reitumetse Jackie Huntley
Government representative
Ms Huntley who was appointed to the Board in September 2007, is an attorney and senior partner at Mkhabela Huntley Adekeye Inc, one of the major black law firms in South Africa. She has extensive experience in commercial and corporate law, including telecommunications law. She holds BProc and LLB degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand along with a Management Advanced Programme certificate.
Brahm du Plessis
Independent
Brahm du Plessis was appointed to the Board in December 2004. A practising advocate at the Johannesburg Bar since 1987, Advocate Du Plessis, who holds BA and LLB degrees from the University of Stellenbosch and an LLM degree from the University of London, is a member of Advocates For Transformation and has served as a member of the Johannesburg Bar Council.
Sibusiso Luthuli
Independent
Mr Luthuli, managing director of Ithala Limited since 2004, was appointed to the Telkom Board in July 2005. A qualified chartered accountant (CA), Mr Luthuli holds a BComm degree and a post graduate diploma in accountancy. He is non-executive Chairman of Cipla Medro SA and a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government audit committee.
Julia Ntombikayise Hope
Government representative
Ms JN Hope was appointed to the Board of Directors from 1st of November 2009. Ms Hope holds a MSc (Eng. Telecommunications) from Moscow Technical University of Communications and Information Technology, and is a member of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE). Her early career was devoted to mastering both telecommunications and broadcasting in a corporate and government environment. She has over fifteen years experience in the electronic communication industry, having previously worked for the broadcasting industry, and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).
Peter Joubert
Independent
Mr Joubert was appointed to the Board in August 2008. Previously he was the Chief Executive Officer and chairman of Afrox. He has served as the chairman of numerous companies. He is the current Chairman of BDFM Publishers and Sandvik and is a director of SAA and Transnet and external advisor to General Motors SA. He holds a BA degree from Rhodes University, a DPWM from Rhodes and has completed Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Programme.
