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Management
Reuben September
Group Chief Executive Officer
was appointed to the Board on May 8, 2007 and as Chief Executive Officer of the Group on November 22, 2007. Previously, he served as acting Chief Executive Officer since April 5, 2007, as Chief Operating Officer since September 5, 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. Mr September is a member of the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), a statutory body of professional engineers, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Cape Town and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Cape Town. Mr. September was also a Director of Vodacom from September 2005 to May 2009.
Peter Nelson
Chief Financial Officer
was appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer on December 8, 2008. Previously he was the Chief Financial Officer of the Netcare group, a group operating South Africa's largest network of private healthcare facilities from September 2003 to November 2008. He served as Director of Finance and Administration of Pretoria Portland Cement Company, a company that manufactures and markets cement and lime products throughout Southern Africa, including Botswana and Zimbabwe. Mr. Nelson has served various major corporations at board level over the past 20 years, including BMW (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited and Mondi Paper Limited. Mr. Nelson holds a Bachelors of Commerce degree from Rhodes University, a Bachelors of Accounting (Honours) degree from the University of South Africa and is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa).
Naas Fourie
Chief of Strategy
was appointed as Chief of Strategy on April 1, 2008 after having acted in the position from November 2007. Mr. Fourie joined Telkom in 1994 and has held a number of positions in Telkom. Previously, he was Managing Executive of Commercial Services from April 2005 to October 2007 and Executive of Marketing Services from April 1999 to March 2005. Mr. Fourie holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity and Bachelor of Accounting Science (Honours) degree and completed the advanced executive program of the Kellogg School of Business. Mr. Fourie is a director of Swiftnet, Telkom Management Services and Multi-Links.
Charlotte Mokoena
Chief of Human Resources
was appointed as Chief of Human Resources from November 1, 2007. Previously, she was Group Executive of Human Resources from December 2005 to October 2007, Group Executive of the Telkom Center for Learning from May 2002 to November 2005 and Organizational Capability Manager for Coca-Cola Africa from November 2001 to April 2002. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Human Resources Development from the Johannesburg University, a Bachelor of Social Sciences from North West University and a post-graduate diploma in training and performance management from Leicester University.
Ouma Rasethaba
Chief of Corporate Governance
was appointed as Chief of Corporate Governance on November 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 Trudon (Pty) Limited.
Nombulelo Moholi
Managing Director, Telkom SA
was appointed Managing Director of the Telkom SA business unit as of May 1, 2009. Previously she served as Group Executive of Strategy, Marketing and Corporate Affairs and in the executive committee of the Nedbank Group from March 2006 to April 2009. Ms Moholi joined Telkom in 1994 as General Manager of Payphones and became a Group Executive of Regulatory Affairs in October 2005 and Managing Executive of International and Special Markets in 1999. She left Telkom in 2005, having served as the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer since 2002. Prior to joining Telkom, she worked for GEC and Siemens (South Africa). She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Cape Town and has attended Strategic Executive Programme at Stanford Business School and Strategic Marketing Management Programme at Harvard Business School. She is a non-executive director of AVI Ltd.
Thami Msimango
Managing Director, Telkom International
was appointed Managing Director of Telkom International on April 15, 2009. Previously, he served as Chief of Global Operations and Subsidiaries since November 1, 2007. Previously he was chief technical officer from September 2005 and resigned on March 31, 2007. Mr. Msimango joined Telkom in 1984 and has held a number of positions in Telkom. Previously, he was Managing Executive of Technology and Network Services from July 2003 to September 2005 and Executive Technology, Direction and Integration from June 2002 to June 2003. Mr. Msimango has been involved in the information and communication technology sector for the past 22 years beginning his career in the former Department of Posts and Telecommunications in 1984. Mr. Msimango has taken a number of management programs at various higher education institutions. Mr. Msimango is a non-executive director of Africa Online and Multi-Links.
Pierre Marais
Acting Managing Director, Telkom Group's Data Centre Operations
was appointed as the acting Managing Director of the Telkom Group's Data Centre Operations business unit on 1 August 2009. Previously he served as Group Executive for Network Core Operations. He joined the former Department of Posts & Telecommunications in 1977 as a Pupil Technician and steadily climbed the corporate ladder until he became Telkom's Managing Executive for Core Network Operations in 2003. From 2006 to 2007, he served as the Managing Executive for Network Infrastructure Provisioning, before becoming Group Executive for Network Core Operations in 2008. He has a distinguished 32-year track record in the telecommunications industry. Academically, Pierre obtained his Honours in B.Eng (Electronics) and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) qualification from the University of Pretoria.
