Group directorate

1 MC RAMAPHOSA (54)
BProc, LLD (HC)
Chairman

Non-executive director since 2001
Mr Ramaphosa is the executive chairman of Shanduka Group (Pty) Limited and serves as non-executive director of a number of other companies including SABMiller plc, Standard Bank Group Limited and the Bidvest Group Limited. His previous positions include chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly, member of parliament, secretary general of the ANC and general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers.

2 PF NHLEKO (47)
BSc (Civil Eng), MBA
Group president and CEO
CEO since 2002

Mr Nhleko currently serves on the board of the GSM Association and is the non-executive chairman of World Wide Investments Holdings (Pty) Limited.

He has been a director on various boards of listed companies which include: Old Mutual South Africa, Johnnic Holdings Limited, Nedcor Limited, the Bidvest Group Limited and Alexander Forbes Limited.

Prior to joining MTN he served at Standard Corporate Merchant Bank. He is also the nonexecutive chairman and founding  member of Worldwide African Investment Holdings, which holds significant interests in the petroleum and telecommunication/IT industries.

3 DDB BAND (63)
BCom, CA(SA)
Non-executive director since 2001 (Independent)

Mr Band has had a varied business career rising to the position of managing director of CAN Gallo Limited in 1987. In 1990 he was appointed chief executive of the Argus Holdings Group, and in 1995 was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of the Premier Group Limited.

In January 2000, he became a consultant to the capital investments division of Standard Bank and currently serves as a non-executive director on the boards of MNet/Supersport, the Standard Bank Group Limited, Tiger Brands Limited and the Bidvest Group Limited.

4 RS DABENGWA (49)
BSc (Eng), MBA
Group chief operating officer
Executive director since 2001

Mr Dabengwa currently serves the dual mandate of chief operating officer and vice president of the South and East Africa region.

Prior to joining MTN in 1999, Mr Dabengwa was employed by Eskom as executive director responsible for distribution. Before that he worked as a consulting electrical engineer in the building services and township development areas.

5 KP KALYAN (52)
BCom(Law)(Hons) Economic Senior ExecutiveManagement Programme
Non-executive director since 2006 (Independent)

Ms Kalyan is currently based in London and is senior business development manager, Shell International Exploration. Prior to that, she was senior economist at the Chamber of Mines of South Africa and has been an economist at the Electricity Commission of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Other directorships include the South African Business Trust, South African Bank Note Company of the South African Reserve Bank, South African Mint Company of the South African Reserve Bank and the UK/SA Business
Initiative London.

6 AT MIKATI (34)
BSc
Non-executive director since 2006
While in college Mr Mikati founded T-One, a telecom company providing long-distance services between the United States and other international destinations.

He became CEO of Investcom, a leading emerging market phone company. Under his leadership, the company’s sales grew in less than seven years from US$30m to US$1bn.

At 33, he was the youngest CEO of a Middle Eastern publicly traded company.
At present he is the CEO of M1 Group, an international investment group with a strong focus on the telecommunications sector.

7 RD NISBET (51)
BCom, BAcc, CA(SA)
Group finance director
Executive director since 2001

Mr Nisbet has been with MTN since 1995. Prior to joining MTN, he held various positions which included financial directorships of both listed and non-listed companies.

8 MJN NJEKE (48)
BCom, BCompt(Hons), CA(SA), H Diploma Tax Law
Non-executive director since 2006 (Independent)

Mr Njeke is the deputy chairman of Kagiso Media (Pty) Limited. He was previously partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a past chairman of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is a director of numerous companies including Metropolitan Holdings Limited and Mittal Steel Limited.

9 MA RAMPHELE (59)
BCom, MBCHB, PhD
Non-executive director since 2006 (Independent)

Dr Ramphele is currently the executive chairperson of Circle Capital Ventures. She was previously the managing director: human development, World Bank (Washington DC). Before joining the World Bank, she was the vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town. She also holds directorships at Standard Bank Group Limited, Standard Bank of South Africa Limited,the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Children’s Trust and the Rockefeller Foundation.

10 JHN STRYDOM (68)
MCom(Acc), CA(SA)
Non-executive director since 2004

Mr Strydom is a registered auditor and a founding partner of Strydoms Incorporated Chartered Accountants (SA), registered auditors, a firm specialising in business valuations, litigation support and forensic investigations. He serves on the board of Growthpoint Properties Limited and is a director of the Public Investment Corporation Limited and a senior member of the
Special Income Tax Court for taxation appeals.

11 AF VAN BILJON (59)
BCom, CA(SA), MBA
Non-executive director since 2002 (Independent)

Mr van Biljon manages a specialised financial consultancy trading as Van Biljon & Associates. Mr van Biljon has extensive experience in business and financial matters, and has served as financial director to a number of JSE listed companies including Truworths, Sun International and of late also, the Standard Bank Group from 1996 to 2002. He is chairman of Peermont Global Limited and on the board of Alexander Forbes Limited.

12 J VAN ROOYEN (57)
BCom, BCompt(Hons), CA(SA)
Non-executive director since 2006 (Independent)

Mr van Rooyen is a founder member and chief executive of Uranus Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited. He is the immediate past chief executive of the Financial Services Board.

He is a founder member and former president of the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants (ABASA) and was chairperson of the Public Accountants and Auditors Board (PAAB) in 1995. He also serves as non-executive director for a number of listed companies which include Pick ’n Pay Stores Limited and a trustee of the Interactive Accounting Standards Committee Foundation.

13 P WOICKE (64)
BCom
Non-executive director since 2006 (Independent)

Mr Woicke is the former managing director of the World Bank. As managing director Mr Woicke led the effort to forge a comprehensive private sector development strategy to better integrate public and private investment roles of the World Bank group. Prior to that he was managing director and CEO of JP Morgan Asia Pacific. He worked on several assignments in Frankfurt, Beirut, England and Brazil.

He is currently on the boards of Anglo American plc and Raiffesen International Holding Vienna/ Austria.

14 ARH SHARBATLY (62)
Non-executive director since 2006 (Independent)