Multichoice

Corporate governance review

Our board of directors

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  Qualifications:

  HDipEducation

  Appointed:

  6 December 2018

  Country:

  South African

  Imtiaz is chair of the board and an executive director of the company. He held the position of CEO of Naspers’s Video Entertainment segment and was previously CEO of the MultiChoice South Africa group, MultiChoice South Africa and SuperSport International. Prior to that, he was the director of Professional Cricket at the United Cricket Board of South Africa. He holds a Higher Diploma in Education from the University of the Witwatersrand and has completed the executive PMD programme offered by the University of Cape Town’s Business School, and the senior executive programme at Harvard Business School.

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  Qualifications:

  CA(SA)

  Appointed:

  6 December 2018

  Country:

  South African

  Steve is the lead independent director. He is also director of MultiChoice South Africa Holdings and has previously served in various executive positions in the group. He currently serves as a non-executive director on the Naspers board and previously served as the financial director of Naspers. He holds a Bachelor of Accounting from the University of the Witwatersrand and is a chartered accountant (South Africa).

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  Qualifications:

  BScEng (Electrical)

  Appointed:

  6 December 2018

  Country:

  South African

  Calvo is the CEO. He was the CEO of MultiChoice South Africa after holding office as the head of stakeholder and regulatory affairs and executive in the chair’s office. He previously held positions as an engineer at Sentech and a broadcasting spectrum manager at Icasa. He has also served in a number of ministerial advisory task teams, including the Digital Migration Working Group, Digital Dzonga and the ICT Policy Review Panel. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

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  Qualifications:

  BCom, HDipAcc, CA(SA)

  Appointed:

  6 December 2018

  Country:

  South African

  Tim is the CFO. He was previously the CEO of MultiChoice Africa and CFO of Naspers’s Video Entertainment segment. He previously held positions as the CFO of Altron Group, CFO of Nampak Limited and CFO of Transaction Capital Limited. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Higher Diploma in Accounting from Rhodes University and is a chartered accountant (South Africa).

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  Qualifications:

  Certificate in the Theory of Accounting, CA(SA)

  Appointed:

  6 December 2018

  Country:

  South African

  Don is an independent non-executive director. He is chair of the audit and risk committees of MultiChoice South Africa and serves as an independent non-executive director of Naspers and chairs the audit, risk, and social and ethics committees of the Naspers group. He also serves as chair of Oakleaf Insurance Company Limited, Renasa Insurance Company and NMSIS Insurance Services. He was previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. and served as an executive director of the Commercial Union group of companies and the council of the Institute of Directors of Southern Africa, of which he is an honorary life member. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce with honours from the University of the Witwatersrand and is a chartered accountant (South Africa).

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  Qualifications:

  Honorary Doctorate of Commerce

  Appointed:

  5 July 2019

  Country:

  South African

  Jabu was recently appointed as the chair to the board of Sun International Limited. He was previously the group chief executive officer and later the deputy chair of Tsogo Sun Holdings Limited. Jabu recently retired as chair of Telkom SA OC and as president of Business Unity South Africa. He currently serves as the chair of various companies including Anheuser-Busch InBev/SAB Miller – Africa, the Casino Association of South Africa and Eskom SOC Ltd. Outside South Africa, Jabu has served on several companies’ boards covering various industries and has a wide array of organisational memberships in South Africa and abroad. In 2017, an Honorary Doctor of Commerce degree was awarded to Jabu by the University of the Witwatersrand in recognition of his entrepreneurial achievements and his contribution to the South African economy.

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  Qualifications:

  BProc and LLB

  Appointed:

  6 December 2018

  Country:

  South African

  Kgomotso is an independent non-executive director. She is the founder of New Seasons Investments Holdings. She serves as chair of the board of directors of Royal Bafokeng Platinum Limited. She has also served as the chair of M-Net’s Phuthuma Trust and Gobodo Forensic and Investigative Accounting. She currently holds non-executive directorships at Standard Bank Group Limited and Netcare Limited. Kgomotso is also a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and Hospital, as well as The Apartheid Museum. She holds a BProc from the University of the North and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of the Witwatersrand and is a senior counsel of the High Court of South Africa.

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  Qualifications:

  BComm (Accounting), Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA(K))

  Appointed:

  14 May 2019

  Country:

  Kenyan

  Christine is a Kenyan national with a strong background in accounting. Her experience spans a number of industries, including financial services, telecommunications and insurance. Over the past 21 years, she gained experience in audit, accounting, special investigations, revenue assurance, risk management, banking, governance and digital finance. With a successful career in financial services across consulting, insurance and banking, Christine was one of the first Kenyans to be expatriated to Standard Bank South Africa where she served as senior manager, overseeing the strategic finance and tax function of operations in 15 African countries. She is currently managing partner at Sabwa and Associates based in Nairobi, servicing financial advisory needs in Kenya.

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  Qualifications:

  Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

  Appointed:

  5 July 2019

  Country:

  British/Nigerian

  Dr Fatai Sanusi is currently a senior consultant in the UK National Health Service, serving in this position for 19 years at West Hertfordshire NHS Trust. He has also accumulated years of experience in governance and risk management at a senior management board level. He is active in education and training and has served as training director of the department for several years. Dr Fatai graduated from the University of Lagos in 1986.

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  Qualifications:

  BBusSc (Finance), BComHons (Accounting), CA(SA), CD(SA)

  Appointed:

  6 December 2018

  Country:

  South African

  Louisa is an independent non-executive director. She is the founder of Prime Select Holdings. She currently serves as a director of African Bank Limited, Royal Bafokeng Platinum Proprietary Limited and the Institute of Directors of South Africa. She previously served as chief investment officer of Circle Capital Ventures and fund manager at the uMnotho Fund at the National Empowerment Fund. She holds a Bachelor of Business Science and Bachelor of Accounting and is a chartered accountant (South Africa) and chartered director (South Africa).

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  Qualifications:

  BScHons (Electronic Engineering)

  Appointed:

  6 December 2018

  Country:

  South African

  Nolo is a non-executive director. He previously served as CEO of MultiChoice South Africa and is the executive chair of MultiChoice South Africa. He currently serves on the boards of, among others, MCSA and Naspers. He holds an Honours degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Southampton.

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  Qualifications:

  BSocSci (Economics and Statistics) and MSc (Economic Policy and Analysis)

  Appointed:

  6 December 2018

  Country:

  South African

  Elias is a non-executive director. He previously served as the CEO of the Public Investment Corporation Limited, the head of policy analysis at Sanlam Limited and the deputy director general at the Department of National Treasury. He is also chair of Ingagaru Property Investments. Elias is a former board member of the South African Reserve Bank, Government Employee Pension Fund and United Nations Global Compact. He holds a Bachelor of Social Science in Economics and Statistics from the University of Swaziland and a Masters in Economic Policy and Analysis from Addis Ababa University.

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  Qualifications:

  BComHons and CA(SA)

  Appointed:

  6 December 2018

  Country:

  South African

  Jim is a non-executive director. He has been a director of MultiChoice South Africa since March 2007. He previously served as CEO of the Naspers’s global Video Entertainment platforms. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Cape Town and is a chartered accountant (South Africa).