Group Executive committee

*Profiles of these executive directors appear on the directorate page.
**Profiles of these executive directors appear below.

1 J Ramadan (53)
MA (Inf Tech)
Regional vice president – MENA region

Committee membership
Group executive and steering committee.
Group technical committee and Group tender committee.

Directorships
Director on the boards of all MENA region operations and MTN Dubai.

Skills, expertise and experience
Jamal was an executive director of Investcom LLC, which he joined in 1996 as operations director. Prior to that he was director of IT at FTML (a subsidiary of France Telecom), operating in Lebanon.

2 TP Lowry (54)
BA (Soc Sci)
Regional vice president – SEA region

Committee membership
Group executive and steering committee and Group tender committee.

Directorships
Director on the boards of all SEA region operations.

Skills, expertise and experience
Tim has over 30 years’ experience in the global telecommunications industry. He was the vice president for Western Europe Telecom at France Telecom. Prior to that he held executive positions at Orange, France Telecom and Cable & Wireless in Africa and the Middle East, Australia and Europe.

3 S Fakie (56)
BCom, BCompt (Hons), CA(SA)
Executive: business risk management

Committee membership
Group executive and steering committee.

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
Director of Absa Group Limited.

Skills, expertise and experience
Shauket has over 36 years’ experience in accounting, auditing, consulting and advisory work. In 1999, he was appointed as Auditor-General of South Africa for a seven-year term which ended in November 2006.

*Profiles of these executives appear on the directorate page.

4 PF Nhleko (50)*

5 NI Patel (53)*

6 RS Dabengwa (52)*

7 C de Faria (54)
Degree in Finance Administration (CA)
Regional vice president – WECA region

Committee membership
Group executive and steering committee and tender committee.

Directorships
Director on the boards of all WECA region operations, MTN Dubai and Uniglobe SA in France.

Skills, expertise and experience
Christian was previously CEO of PT Excelcomindo Pratama, known as XL, the largest mobile operator in Indonesia and before that he was CEO of Telekom Malaysia, responsible for international strategy and involved in the rapid growth of investments in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Cambodia.

8 PN January-Bardill (59)
Dip (HR Man), BA (Eng and Phil), MA (Ling), Cert in Edu
Group executive: corporate affairs and MTN spokesperson

Committee membership
Group executive and steering committee.

Directorships
Director of vaious companies in the MTN Group.
Director of Afrisam (Holcim SA).

Skills, expertise and experience
Nozipho was a deputy director-general in the Department of Foreign Affairs 2005 to 2007. She was South Africa’s ambassador to Switzerland from 2001 to 2005. She has served on the boards of, among others, FirstRand Insurance (Momentum) and Southern Life Insurance Companies. She served as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination from 2000 to 2008.

9 KL Shuenyane (39)
BEcon and Internat Stud; CA (England and Wales)
Group executive: mergers and acquisitions

Committee membership
Group executive and steering committee.

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Khumo was head of direct investments and a member of the executive committee of Investec’s South African operations. He was previously a member of Investec’s corporate finance division.

10 SL Botha (45)
BEcon (Hons)
Group executive: marketing

Committee membership
Group executive and steering committee.

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
Director of Tiger Brands Limited.

Skills, expertise and experience
Santie was an executive director at Absa Bank Limited. She was awarded Marketer of the Year in 2002 by the Marketing Federation of South Africa. She also worked for Unilever (UK) for six years.

11 PD Norman (44)
MA (Psych)
Group executive: human resources

Committee membership
Group executive and steering committee.

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
Trustee of the Chartered Accountants Medical Aid Fund.

Skills, expertise and experience
Paul has been an executive at MTN since 1997. He spent over 13 years in the field of human resources and has worked extensively in the transport and telecommunications industries. He was awarded HR Practitioner of the Year in 2003 by the Institute of People Management.

12 JA Desai (52)
BA (Hons) BCom
Group chief technology and information officer

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Jyoti started her career at The Standard Bank of SA Limited. Moved to Telkom SA in anexecutive position. Joined MTN Nigeria as chief information officer. Moved to Iran in 2005 to start up the Iran operation as COO MTN Irancell.