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Jabu Mabuza
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, co-
convener 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.
02
Susan (Santie) Botha
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).
03
Graham Dempster
Graham was appointed to the
Telkomboard 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.
04
Thembisa Skweyiya (Dingaan)
Thembisa was appointed to the
Telkomboard in December 2014.
She is currently a non-executive
director of Famous Brands,
Imperial Holdings, Cardiac Mobile
and Sumitomo Rubber South
Africa (Pty) Ltd. In addition to
being a non-executive director
of Absa Bank Ltd, she is also a
board member of Absa Financial
Services and Absa Fund Managers,
as well as being a trustee of
Absa’s pension fund. Thembisa’s
considerable legal experience
includes being admitted to the
New York State Bar.
05
Navin Kapila
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.
06
Itumeleng Kgaboesele
Itumeleng was appointed to the
Telkomboard 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 vice-
president 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.
07
Khanyisile Kweyama
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.
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