Appointed
15 December 2019
Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group. Mcebisi is currently one of four independent Presidential Investment Envoys appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to attract investors to South Africa.
Skills, expertise and experience
Mcebisi is a former Deputy Finance Minister of the Government of South Africa who served from 2014 to 2017. Before his appointment to national government, he played a key leadership role in the Eastern Cape. He served as a provincial minister of Finance as well as Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism in the province. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Eastern Cape Development Corporation as well as Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Investment and Marketing in the Eastern Cape, developing the investment promotion agenda for the province.
Appointed
15 December 2019
Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group. Khotso is currently the Chancellor of the University of the Free State, the Chairman of Tiger Brands and AECI, the Lead Independent Non-Executive Director at Afrox Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Hans Merensky Holdings (Pty) Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience
Khotso’s role in science is recognised nationally and internationally. He previously served as Special Advisor to two Ministers of Science and Technology in South Africa. He also represented South Africa on the executive board of UNESCO and was awarded the Member Legion of Honour of the Republic of France for his work in strengthening scientific ties between South Africa and France.
Appointed
3 April 2017.
Other directorships
Director of various companies in MTN Group.
Skills, expertise and experience
Financial services in emerging markets.
Appointed
1 April 2021
Board committee membership
Member: Risk Management and Compliance and Group Audit Committee (Permanent Invitee)
Other directorships
Director of various companies in MTN Group
Skills, expertise and experience
Tsholofelo joins MTN from Telkom where she held the positions of Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Group Risk and Compliance officer, prior to her appointment as the Group Chief Financial officer in 2018. Before joining Telkom, Tsholofelo was employed as a Finance Director of Eskom Holdings, and an executive director of the company’s main board. She has also held various other roles at Eskom Holdings.
In addition to her, extensive telecommunications industry experience, Tsholofelo has also worked in the banking and financial services sector before joining Eskom in various roles. She brings with her extensive financial strategy, financial management and accounting experience, with a strong background in enterprise risk management and financial controls.
Appointment
1 April 2021
Board committee membership
Member: Risk Management and Compliance Committee, Social and Ethics Committee and Group Audit Committee
Other directorships
Director of various companies in MTN Group. She is currently the Chief Executive officer of Akhona Group and is serving as a director of various companies where she is a shareholder. Noluthando is also a non-executive director of ArcelorMittal SA and has served on multiple boards, including Investec Asset Management (now NinetyOne); AON SA, Broll Property Group, Verimark Holdings and Hulisani Pty Ltd where she served on the Audit and Risk as well as Social and Ethics Committees.
Skills, expertise and experience
With solid telecommunications experience, Noluthando was appointed as a founding member of the first independent telecommunications regulator, ICASA in 1997 and was one of six councilors tasked to set up the Regulator in South Africa.
In 2000 she joined Investec Bank and spent three years as a sell-side analyst, focusing on the telecommunications sector, before embarking on her own entrepreneurship journey in 2003. Noluthando was one of the commissioners of the first National Planning Commission, responsible for drafting the National Development Plan and Vision 2030 – South Africa’s economic blueprint.
Noluthando is an extremely experienced deal maker and businesswoman, having spearheaded numerous joint ventures and acquisitions in multiple sectors and having enjoyed considerable success as an entrepreneur.
Appointed
1 August 2016 .
Other directorships
Director of various companies in MTN Group.
Skills, expertise and experience
Paul is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and served as CEO of Old Mutual South Africa prior to 2009 when he became CEO of Old Mutual Long Term Savings in London and subsequently an Executive Director of Old Mutual plc. He has chaired the Boards of insurance, asset management and banking operations in the UK, Scandinavia, emerging markets business and South Africa for the Old Mutual Group.
Appointed
08 July 2015.
Board committee membership
Member: Risk Management, Compliance and Corporate Governance Committee.
Other directorships
Director of various companies in MTN Group. He is currently the CEO and Chairman of Coriant International Group (“Coriant”), a global optical networking company. Shaygan joins Coriant after having worked closely with the senior management team since earlier this year in the role of Operating Executive to Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”). He is the former CEO of Juniper Networks. Prior to joining Juniper in 2014, Shaygan spent 3 years as the Group Chief Operating & Technology Officer at Barclays Bank PLC in the United Kingdom. Shaygan also spent in excess of 10 years at Verizon Communications until 2011 where he held the position of EVP & Chief Information & Technology Officer.
Skills, expertise and experience
Business leadership and transformational change, business operations, technology and engineering.
Appointed: 01 September 2020.
Other directorships: Executive Chairperson of the African Women Chartered Accountants Investment Holdings (AIH). Non-Executive Director at MTN Zakhele Futhi (RF) Ltd, Toyota South Africa, Sun International Limited, Zenex Foundation, Phembani Group and Chairman for Advanced Group. Sindi was recently appointed as the Chairperson of the Sugar Association of South Africa.
Skills, expertise and experience: Finance, Audit, Corporate Governance, Investment Management, Compliance and Risk management.
Appointed
1 August 2016.
Board committee membership
Member: Risk Management, Compliance and Corporate Governance Committee.
Other directorships
Director of various companies in MTN Group. He is currently Executive Chairman of AINMT AB Sweden ( Access Industries), CEO of Leaderman NV (Belgium) Leaderman SA (Lux) Non-executive director of MTS OJSC Russia ( NYSE listed). At MTS, he holds several positions in committees of the board.
Skills, expertise and experience
He has 30 years of experience in the startup, turnaround and managing of companies in both the Media and Telecom industries globally.
Appointment
1 April 2021
Board committee membership
Member: Risk Management and Compliance and Group Audit Committee.
Other directorships
Nosipho is currently serving on the Boards of Engen Limited, EOH Holdings Limited, Old Mutual Limited (jointly with Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa), as well as South32 Coal Holdings Proprietary Limited. She previously served as a Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committees in various MTN operating Companies, including Mobile Telephone Networks Proprietary Limited (MTN SA), MTN eSwatini Limited, MTN Uganda Limited, MTN Rwandacell S.A.R.L and MTN Zambia Limited.
Skills, expertise and experience
Nosipho has a wealth of experience in telecommunications, packaging, agricultural and petrochemical sectors. She is commercially astute and has a deep level of technical accounting knowledge, with an objective and broad-minded approach that stems from her multi-sector experience as well as her exposure to diverse cultures.