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Standing from left: Jeroen Visser, Reuben September, Gavin Darby, Adv Oyama Mabandla, Robbie Barr
Seated from left: Dr Marius Mostert, Papi Molotsane, André Sokol
Vodacom Annual Report 2006 6
BOARD OF DIRECTORSas at March 31, 2006
Non-executive directors
Alternate directors
Adv Oyama Mabandla (43)(Chairman)Appointed to the Board in 2006
Oyama is a representative of Telkom and
joined the Vodacom Board on January 1,
2006. He is Executive Chairman of the Langa
Group, a corporate investment company. He
is the former deputy Chief Executive Officer of
South African Airways, where he also served
as General Counsel and Executive Vice
President for Strategy, Revenue Management
and Network Planning. During the late 90s
Oyama practised as a merchant banker at
Union Bank of Switzerland and worked in
London and Johannesburg. He later joined
the Johannesburg Bar. He holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Political Science from the
University of California and a Juris Doctorate
in Corporate Law from Columbia University.
Mr Robbie Barr (47) (British)Appointed to the Board in 2005
Robbie is a representative of Vodafone and
joined the Vodacom Board on March 10,
2005. He is Vodafone Group Plc’s Group
Financial Controller and the Chief Financial
Officer of Vodafone’s Global Business
Development unit. He joined Vodafone in
1993 and has held a number of senior
finance roles in the Vodafone Group during
this period. Robbie is currently a director
of a number of Vodafone’s subsidiary
companies, as well as the French mobile
telecommunications operator Société
Française du Radiotéléphone S.A.
Mr Gavin Darby (50) (British)Appointed to the Board in 2004
Gavin is a representative of Vodafone and
was appointed Chief Executive, Americas
Region in Vodafone Group Plc on April 1,
2004. He recently took on the responsibility
for the operations in Africa, China and India.
He holds a Bachelor of Science (honours)
degree in Management Sciences from the
University of Manchester. Prior to Vodafone,
he joined Coca-Cola GB in 1985 as
Marketing Director. In 1988, he was
appointed General Manager, Coca-Cola GB.
From 1991 to 1998, Gavin held the positions
of Benelux Region Manager and North West
Europe Division President at Coca-Cola with
responsibility for seven countries. In 1998, he
became Division President of 23 countries in
Central Europe for two years before being
appointed Senior Vice President. He left Coca-
Cola in February 2001 to take up the position
of Chief Operating Officer at Vodafone UK.
In September 2002, he became Chief
Executive Officer of Vodafone UK.
Mr Papi Molotsane (46)Appointed to the Board in 2005
Papi is a representative of Telkom on the
Vodacom Board. He was appointed Chief
Executive Officer of Telkom SA Limited in
September 2005. Prior to joining Telkom, he
was the Group Executive of Transnet and has
a broad-based professional background in
engineering, systems, operations, sales,
marketing and human resources. He is
currently also a director of SA America’s Cup
Challenge. Previously he acted as a director
of Ariviakom (Proprietary) Limited and Fike
Investment (Proprietary) Limited. Papi holds
a Bachelor of Science degree in Business,
a Bachelor of Engineering Technology
degree and a Master of Science degree in
Business Administration.
Dr Marius Mostert (46)Appointed to the Board in 2004
Marius is a representative of Telkom. He
qualified as a Chartered Accountant
(South Africa), working for three years at the
then auditing company Aiken and Carter
(now part of KPMG). In 1985, he joined the
Industrial Development Corporation (“IDC”)
where he worked for 14 years. In 1997 he
was appointed to the Executive Management
of IDC, first as General Manager, responsible
for corporate finance and client care and
later as Executive Vice President: Professional
Services. In October 2001, he joined
PSG Investment Bank as Financial Director.
He held this position until the acquisition of
PSG Investment Bank by ABSA Bank. Marius
serves on the Board, Audit, Risk and
Investment Management and Deal
Committees of Decillion Limited.
Mr Reuben September (48)Appointed to the Board in 2005
Reuben was appointed Chief Operating
Officer to Telkom SA Limited in September
2005. Prior to that, he served as Chief
Technical Officer from May 2002 and as
Managing Executive of Technology and
Network Services from March 2000. He
has worked in various engineering and
commercial positions in Telkom since 1977.
He is a member of the Professional Institute of
Engineers of South Africa (“ECSA”) and holds
a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical
and Electronic Engineering from the
University of Cape Town.
Mr André Sokol (33) (French)Appointed to the Board in 2006
André is Group Director of Mergers and
Acquisitions at Vodafone Group Plc. Prior to
joining Vodafone, he was a Managing
Director at UBS Investment Banking (which he
joined in 1994, then known as S.G.
Warburg). For over 10 years, André
specialised in international mergers and
acquisitions, executing some of the world’s
largest transactions. These included
Vodafone’s acquisition of Mannesmann, the
largest hostile bid in history, as well as the
sale of Orange Plc to France Telecom. André
worked at UBS Investment Bank both in
London and in Los Angeles. André was
born in France and educated in the
United Kingdom.
Mr Jeroen Visser (43) (Dutch)Appointed to the Board in 2005
Jeroen recently joined the Vodafone Global
Business Development Organisation as
Governance Director for Africa, Fiji and
China. Prior to that, he was Director of
Global Voice Platforms in Vodafone’s Group
Marketing where he launched the Vodafone
Simply proposition. As Director of Global
Consumer Products, Jeroen project managed
the global launch of Vodafone live!. Prior to
that he served as Marketing Director in
Vodafone Ireland Limited.
Vodacom Annual Report 2006 7
Sir Julian Horn-Smith (57) (British) Dr Thomas Nowak (42) (German) Mr Philip Williams (55) (British)Representative of Vodafone, for Mr Jeroen Visser. Representative of Vodafone, for Mr Robbie Barr. Representative of Vodafone, for Mr Gavin Darby.
Vodacom Annual Report 2006 8
Mr Alan Knott-Craig (54)(Chief Executive Officer)Appointed to the Board in 1996Alan has served as Managing Director ofVodacom (Proprietary) Limited since 1993 andChief Executive Officer of Vodacom Group(Proprietary) Limited since October 1996. Priorto that, Alan was Senior General Manager ofMobile Communications at Telkom SA Limited,until the inception of Vodacom. Alan holds aBachelor of Science degree in ElectricalEngineering (cum laude) from the University ofCape Town, a Master of Business Leadershipdegree from the University of South Africa andwas awarded an honorary Doctorate inBusiness Leadership from the University ofSouth Africa in 2006. He was inducted as oneof the eight Gold Members of the GSMAssociation’s 2001 inaugural “Roll of Honour”for his contribution to bringing mobilecommunication to Africa’s masses. He servesas a Commissioner on the PresidentialNational Commission on Information Societyand Development for Information andCommunication Technologies.
Mr Shameel Aziz Joosub (35)Appointed to the Board in 2000Shameel was appointed as ManagingDirector of Vodacom (Proprietary) Limited onApril 1, 2005. He has served as ManagingDirector of Vodacom Service ProviderCompany (Proprietary) Limited and as adirector of Vodacom Group (Proprietary)Limited since September 2000. Shameel wasalso Managing Director and founder ofVodacom Equipment Company (Proprietary)Limited, the handset distribution company inthe Vodacom Group. He joined Vodacom inMarch 1994 and has held various positionswithin the Group. Shameel holds a Bachelorof Commerce (honours) degree from theUniversity of South Africa and a Master ofBusiness Administration degree from theUniversity of Southern Queensland, Australia.He is an Associated General Accountantand Commercial and Financial Accountant(South Africa).
Mr Leon Crouse (53)(Chief Financial Officer)Appointed to the Board in 1996Leon has served as Group Finance Directorand Chief Financial Officer since October1996. Prior to that, he served as Vodacom’sGeneral Manager of Finance sinceVodacom’s inception in 1993. Leon is aqualified Chartered Accountant (South Africa).
Mr Pieter Uys (43)(Chief Operating Officer)Appointed to the Board in 2004Pieter has served as the Chief OperatingOfficer for the Vodacom Group since April 1,2004. He also served as Managing Directorof Vodacom (Proprietary) Limited fromDecember 1, 2001 until March 31, 2005.He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and aMaster of Science degree in Engineering fromthe University of Stellenbosch and a Master ofBusiness Administration degree from theStellenbosch Business School. Pieter joinedVodacom in 1993 as a member of the initialengineering team.
From left: Pieter Uys, Shameel Aziz Joosub, Alan Knott-Craig, Leon Crouse
BOARD OF DIRECTORSas at March 31, 2006
Executive directors