MTN Group appoints additional directors
These appointments follow the reconstitution of the MTN Group Board of Directors in June this year, during which MTN indicated that there would be further additions to the Board and operational structure upon the unconditional closing of the transaction that the MTN Group has entered into with Investcom LLC.
The Group has also announced the appointment of Jamal Ramadan as the Vice President responsible for Group Special Projects. Ramadan has been executive director of Investcom, which he joined as the operations director in 1996.
Mikati has been the Chief Executive Officer of Investcom Holdings LLC since 1998, responsible for the global strategy of Investcom.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Columbia. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Investcom, Mikati was as director of T-One Corporation (International carrier) and a Board Member of FTML, the France Telecom subsidiary.
Van Rooyen, a register Chartered Accountant, is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Uranus Investment Holding (Pty) Ltd, a broad-based BEE company focusing primarily on the Financial and Information, Communication and Technology sectors.
Previously he has been the CEO of the Financial Services Board and head of the Public Sector Industry at Deloitte & Touche, where he was among the first black partners appointed by the firm.
The MTN Group Board of Directors is now constituted as follows: Mr Cyril M Ramaphosa (Chairman), Mr Phuthuma F Nhleko (President and CEO), Mr Sifiso R Dabengwa (Chief Operating Officer), Mr Robert D Nisbet (Chief Financial Officer), Mr Peter L Woicke, Dr Mamphela Ramphele, Ms Koosum Kalyan, Mr Johnson MN Njeke and Sheik Abdulrahman H Sharbatly, Mr Jan HN Strydom, Mr Alan F van Biljon, Mr Douglas DB Band, Mr Azmi T Mikati and Mr Jeff van Rooyen.
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