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Sipho Maseko (48)
Group chief executive officer
BA, LLB
Sipho was appointed as GCEO of Telkom in April 2013 and serves as an executive director. He attends all board committee meetings of which he is not a member by invitation.Prior to joining Telkom, he served as group chief operating officer and Managing Director at Vodacom. He held various roles at BP starting in 1997, serving as the CEO of BP Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd from 2008 to 2012 and chief operating officer before this. He has served as a non-executive director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise’s board since 2009 and the Afrox board since 2012. He also served as chairman of the board of SAPREF between July 2010 and August 2011.
Deon Fredericks (56)
Group chief financial officer
CA(SA), BCompt (Hons), Honours in Business Management, ACMA(UK)
Deon was appointed as the GCFO in September 2014. He previously served as deputy to the CFO and as the group executive of corporate finance accounting services from November 2004 to October 2013. He joined Telkom in 1993 as a senior manager in internal audit and has held several executive positions in the finance department. He currently serves on the board of BCX (Pty) Ltd, Gyro group and is an advisory board member of Business Against Crime (BAC) Mpumalanga. He previously served on the Vodacom (Pty) Ltd board where he chaired the audit committee. Deon is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK).
Jabu Mabuza (59)
Independent board chairman Chairman nominations committee
Effective Leadership Programme Executive Development Programme
Jabu Mabuza was appointed to the board in November 2012. He is widely recognised as a successful entrepreneur. He is also the executive chairman of Sphere Holdings, president of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), chairman of the Casino Association of South Africa, coconvener of the CEO Initiative,recently appointed as chairman of the Africa portion of the merged Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller, and chairman of Business Leadership South Africa in 2016. Prior to this, he was the GCEO of Tsogo Sun and chairman of the board of South African Tourism. He has received several awards, which include the Lifetime Achiever Award presented by the South African Minister of Tourism and the Business Leader of the Year award received at the South African of the Year awards
Susan (Santie) Botha (52)
Independent non-executive director Chairman remuneration committee Nominations committee member
BEcon (Hons)
Susan was appointed to the board in December 2012. She is currently the chairman of both Curro Holdings Ltd and Famous Brands Holdings. She serves on the boards of Liberty Holdings, Tiger Brands Ltd and Accenture Advisory Board, and is the chancellor of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. She was previously an executive director of MTN Group Ltd (2003 to 2010) and Absa Bank Ltd (1996 to 2003).
Graham Dempster (61)
Independent non-executive director Investment and transactions committee member Risk committee member
BCom, CA(SA), CTA, AMP
Graham was appointed to the Telkom board in December 2014. He is a chartered accountant by profession and has done advanced management programmes at Insead (1995) and Harvard Business School (2002). He is a business adviser and sits on the board of Imperial Holdings Ltd, Imperial Logistics (Pty) Ltd and Sanlam Capital. He is a director of AECI Ltd.
Navin Kapila (62)
Independent non-executive director Investment and transactions committee member Social and ethics committee member
BA (Eng) (Econ) (Law)
Navin was appointed to the board in February 2011. He has over 20 years’ experience in diverse fields including investment, business and product development, and relationship and alliance management. He also has in-depth telecommunications experience and was involved in policy formulation and market deregulation in India. He took on various roles at ICO Global Communications in London, including vice-president of corporate development, vice-president of government affairs and director of business development. He is a special advisor at ITU.
Itumeleng Kgaboesele (45)
Independent non-executive director Chairman audit committee Risk committee member
BCom, CA(SA), PGDip Accounting
Itumeleng was appointed to the Telkom board in July 2011. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Sphere Holdings (Pty) Ltd, a leading mid-market investment holding and private equity company. Prior to founding Sphere in 2003, he spent several years in investment banking in London and Johannesburg and was vicepresident of Investment Banking at Citi. He represents Sphere on the boards of a number of businesses in which Sphere has invested, and is an independent non-executive director of Old Mutual Emerging Markets Ltd.
Khanyisile Kweyama (53)
Independent non-executive director Chairman social and ethics committee Nominations committee member
Masters in Management
Khanyisile was appointed to the board in December 2012. She is currently the chairman of Brand South Africa, commissioner on the National Planning Commission and the chairman of the SABC interim board. Prior to this, she was the CEO of BUSA and was the executive head of human resources at Anglo American Platinum Ltd. She gained corporate experience in a number of international companies, including BMW, Altech and Barloworld Ltd, holding executive roles incorporating human resources, industrial relations, corporate affairs, stakeholder relations and transformation. She sits on the boards of Key Mix Investments, Tenon Investment Holdings and Independent Actuaries and Consultants.
Kholeka Mzondeki (49)
Independent non-executive director Audit committee member Investment and transactions committee member Remuneration committee member
BCom, FCCA (UK) Dip (Investment Management)
Kholeka was appointed to the board in November 2012. She is a UK-qualified chartered accountant and has served as financial director at various companies such as 3M and Masana Petroleum Solutions. Apart from her financial management and strategy experience, she has ICT transformational strategy formulation and implementation experience, using technology as a customer value proposition. In 2008 she was a finalist in the Nedbank Business Woman of the Year awards. She sits on the board and audit committees of Aveng and Balwin, and is an associate of API.
Fagmeedah Petersen-Lurie (41)
Independent non-executive director Chairman investment and transactions committee Risk committee member
BBusSc (Actuarial Science), PGDip (Management Practice), FASSA, FIA, CFP
Fagmeedah was appointed to the board in December 2012. She sits on the board of Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa, on the audit committee of Bankmed, Continuum Investment Management and is a lead Independent director of Gauteng Cricket Board. She is a fellow of both the Actuarial Society of South Africa and Institute of Actuaries.
Rex Tomlinson (54)
Independent non-executive director Audit committee member Investment and transactions committee member
BCom (Econ), HDip (Personnel Management), SEP
Rex Tomlinson was appointed to the Telkom board in December 2014. Mr Tomlinson is a member of the Old Mutual plc executive and sits on the boards of Old Mutual Emerging Market Limited, Mutual & Federal Limited, International Player Management (Pty) Ltd and DIGA Digital Intelligence. He previously served on the board of Liberty Holding Limited as deputy group CEO and served as an executive director of Nampak and Illovo Sugar Ltd.
Dr Hamadoun Touré (63)
Independent non-executive director Investment and transactions committee member Risk committee member
MSc (Electrical Engineering), Satellite Engineering, PhD (Electrical Engineering) Appointed on 19 October 2016
Hamadoun Touré was appointed to the board in October 2016. He is currently a non-executive member of the board of Inmarsat. He was elected secretary general of the ITU and served two consecutive terms (2007 to 2014). In October 2015 he was selected by the board of Smart Africa as the founding executive director. He founded and served as co-vice-chairman of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, which was launched in May 2010 by ITU and UNESCO, with Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, and Carlos Slim Helú, Honorary Lifetime Chairman of Grupo Carso, as co-chairs.
Louis von Zeuner (56)
Independent non-executive director Nominations committee member Social and ethics committee member
BA, MBA
Louis was appointed to the board in December 2012. A member of the Institute of Directors South Africa, he completed 32 years’ service at Absa and served as deputy group chief executive from 2009 until 31 December 2012. He has extensive business experience, including experience in audit, risk and capital matters, particularly in the financial sector. He currently serves on the boards of African Bank Holdings, Paycorp Investments, Eqstra, Afgri, Cricket South Africa, MMI Holdings and serve as chairman of MyPayers.
