Our executive committee

The executive committee facilitates the effective control of the group's operational activities in terms of its delegated authority approved by the board. It is responsible for recommendations to the board on the group's policies and strategy and for monitoring their implementation in line with the board's mandate. It meets at least monthly, and more often as required. At 31 December 2017, it was made up of:

  • Rob Shuter

    Rob Shuter (50)

    Group president and chief executive officer

    BCom (Econ and Acc), PG Dip Acc CA(SA)

    Executive since March 2017

  • Ralph Mupita

    Ralph Mupita (45)

    Group chief financial officer

    BScEng (Hons), MBA, GMP

    Executive since April 2017

  • Ebenezer Asante

    Ebenezer Asante (49)

    Vice-president: SEAGHA

    BA (Hons) (Econ and Stats), Postgraduate Diploma in Management

    Executive since October 2017



  • Michael Fleischer

    Michael Fleischer (57)

    Group chief legal counsel

    BProc, Advanced Tax Certificate

    Admitted as attorney of the High Court of South Africa

    Executive since 2014

  • Ismail Jaroudi

    Ismail Jaroudi (46)

    Vice-president: MENA

    BA, Executive Education Certificate

    Executive since 2015

  • Godfrey Motsa

    Godfrey Motsa (44)

    Chief executive officer: MTN South Africa

    BCom, MBA

    Executive since January 2017



  • Ferdi Moolman

    Ferdi Moolman (54)

    Chief executive officer: MTN Nigeria

    CA(SA), BCom, BCompt (Hons), Theory of Accounting Diploma

    Executive since 2015

  • Jens Schulte-Bockum

    Paul Norman (52)

    Group chief human resources officer

    MA (Psych), MBA

    Executive since 1997

  • Jens Schulte-Bockum

    Jens Schulte-Bockum (51)

    Group chief operations officer

    MA (SocSci)

    Executive since January 2017



  • Felleng Sekha

    Felleng Sekha (50)

    Group chief regulatory and corporate affairs officer

    BA (Law), LLB, Postgraduate Diploma in Media and ICT Law

    Executive since June 2017

  • Karl Toriola

    Karl Toriola (45)

    Vice-president: WECA

    BSc (Elec Eng), MSc (Comm Systems), GMP

    Executive since 2015

  • Karl Toriola

    Stephen van Coller (51)

    Vice-president: digital services, data analytics and business development

    CA(SA), ACMA (UK), BCom (Hons), Higher Diploma in Accounting

    Executive since October 2016