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A twice nominated candidate for the Business Woman of the Year award, and the Managing Executive of MTN Business, Angela Gahagan has been a catalyst and facilitator for change for many years – not only in the telecommunications industry but in the wider business arena.
Having started her career in 1977 in the financial consulting field, after obtaining her OND Business Studies and Institute of Bankers’ qualifications at the Poole College of Education in Britain, Angela remained in the financial industry sector until 1993 when she moved into the position of Special Project Manager at Amalgamated Appliances (Pty) Ltd. In 1994, Angela became the financial manager at Knight Piésold (Pty) Ltd and moved onto a managing director position for MediTrac (Pty) Ltd in 1999. In 2002, Angela was appointed to the position of Operations/Client Services Director for Medscheme.
It was in 2004 that Angela began her career at Verizon Business SA (then UUNET SA (Pty) Ltd) in the capacity of Customer Services Executive and soon after promoted to Country Manager for the Verizon Business’s operations in Southern Africa which included South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Kenya and Zambia.
During her two years as Country Manager, Angela accomplished many achievements, including obtaining a double digit above budget performance on sales year-on-year, two nominations for the Forge Ahead ICT Woman of the Year Award, as well as leading Verizon Business SA to be nominated for the Most Transformed Company of the Year in 2006.
In March 2009 Verizon Business SA was acquired by MTN and Angela was appointed in the Executive role to head up the merged ISP businesses owned by MTN where she has already led a successful M&A transition and continues to drive a business that is showing strong growth. Angela continues to work closely with her local peers to showcase South Africa’s capabilities and bring Africa into the spotlight internationally – a position she believes it rightly deserves.
Having started her career in 1977 in the financial consulting field, after obtaining her OND Business Studies and Institute of Bankers’ qualifications at the Poole College of Education in Britain, Angela remained in the financial industry sector until 1993 when she moved into the position of Special Project Manager at Amalgamated Appliances (Pty) Ltd. In 1994, Angela became the financial manager at Knight Piésold (Pty) Ltd and moved onto a managing director position for MediTrac (Pty) Ltd in 1999. In 2002, Angela was appointed to the position of Operations/Client Services Director for Medscheme.
It was in 2004 that Angela began her career at Verizon Business SA (then UUNET SA (Pty) Ltd) in the capacity of Customer Services Executive and soon after promoted to Country Manager for the Verizon Business’s operations in Southern Africa which included South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Kenya and Zambia.
During her two years as Country Manager, Angela accomplished many achievements, including obtaining a double digit above budget performance on sales year-on-year, two nominations for the Forge Ahead ICT Woman of the Year Award, as well as leading Verizon Business SA to be nominated for the Most Transformed Company of the Year in 2006.
In March 2009 Verizon Business SA was acquired by MTN and Angela was appointed in the Executive role to head up the merged ISP businesses owned by MTN where she has already led a successful M&A transition and continues to drive a business that is showing strong growth. Angela continues to work closely with her local peers to showcase South Africa’s capabilities and bring Africa into the spotlight internationally – a position she believes it rightly deserves.
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