{"id":507498,"date":"2023-09-11T10:59:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T08:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=507498"},"modified":"2023-09-11T11:02:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T09:02:41","slug":"multichoice-chairman-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/507498-multichoice-chairman-steps-down.html","title":{"rendered":"MultiChoice chairman steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DStv parent MultiChoice has announced that chairman Imtiaz Patel (pictured, left) will be stepping down from the company\u2019s board on 31 March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Elias Masilela (pictured, right) will take over as chairman from 1 April 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Patel is currently serving as a non-independent, non-executive Chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven shareholder preference for an independent chair, it was always envisaged that Mr Patel would step down at the appropriate time once a suitable replacement as independent chair had been identified,\u201d MultiChoice stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Masilela is an excellent and experienced successor. He is also the chair of the board of Sanlam and is a former board member of the South African Reserve Bank and Government Employee Pension Fund.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MultiChoice said it has ensured that Patel\u2019s institutional knowledge and valuable relationships will not be lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will remain involved in assisting the group on a consultancy basis until October 2028,\u201d MultiChoice said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis involvement will include Showmax, SuperSport, and other operational areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/507420-multichoice-is-hunting-down-illegal-rugby-world-cup-streaming-sites.html\">MultiChoice is hunting down illegal Rugby World Cup streaming sites<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imtiaz Patel will step down from the MultiChoice board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":507502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[85,89266,35,2860,475],"class_list":["post-507498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv","tag-elias-masilela","tag-headline","tag-imtiaz-patel","tag-multichoice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}