Leadership
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Skills, expertise and experience
Maya is an independent non-executive director with executive experience in the telecommunications, financial services, consulting and fast-moving consumer goods industries. She has held directorships in human resources, marketing communication, corporate affairs and reputation management, strategy, and business re-engineering and has extensive experience in Southern African Development Community (“SADC”) countries, as well as in some markets in Asia.
She was previously an executive director of Vodacom (Pty) Ltd, Nestlé South Africa (Pty) Ltd and SABMiller (Africa and Asia), Chair of the Vodacom Foundation South Africa and a board member of World Wide Fund for Nature.
Other directorships
- Non-executive director of Mpact Limited
- Non-executive director of Truworths International Limited
- Non-executive director of Ellies Holdings Limited
Board committee membership
- Nominations Committee (Chair)
- Remuneration Committee
- Social and Ethics Committee
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JENS MONTANANA
Chief Executive Officer
Age: 63 (British)
FULL BIO
Date of appointment: 6 October 1994Skills, expertise and experience
Jens is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Datatec, which he established in 1986.
Between 1989 and 1993, Jens also served as Managing Director and Vice-President of US Robotics (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Robotics, Inc. which was acquired by 3Com in 1997. In 1993, he co-founded US start-up Xedia Corporation, which was subsequently sold to Lucent Corporation in 1999.
In 1994, Datatec listed on the JSE and Jens held the role of Chair as well as CEO until 2001, when Datatec established an independent non-executive Chair role. Jens chairs the boards of Datatec’s divisional parent companies, Logicalis International Limited, Logicalis Latin America and Westcon International Limited.
Other directorships
- Chair of Corero plc (AIM London)
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IVAN DITTRICH
Chief Financial Officer
Age: 51 (South African)
FULL BIO
Date of appointment: 30 May 2016Skills, expertise and experience
Ivan rejoined Datatec on 30 May 2016 from Vodacom, where he had been Group Chief Financial Officer (“CFO)” from 15 June 2012 to 31 July 2015. Prior to that, he held a number of senior executive positions over a 13-year period at Datatec, including Group CFO from May 2008 to June 2012.
Ivan qualified as a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) at Deloitte South Africa and also worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in London. He completed the Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership programme at Saïd Business School.
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STEPHEN DAVIDSON
Independent non-executive director
Age: 69 (British)
FULL BIO
Date of appointment: 1 February 2007Skills, expertise and experience
Stephen was previously Vice-Chair, Investment Banking, at WestLB Panmure and Chief Executive and Finance Director of Telewest Communications plc.
He has a first-class honours degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Aberdeen.
Other directorships
- Non-executive Chair of Actual Experience plc (AIM London)
- Non-executive Chair of PRS for Music
- Non-executive director of Calnex Solutions plc
- Non-executive director at MCB Group Ltd
Board committee membership
- Remuneration Committee
- Social and Ethics Committee (Chair)
- Nominations Committee
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Sabine Everaet
Independent non-executive director
Age: 57
FULL BIO
Date of appointment: 2 October 2023Skills, expertise and experience
Sabine had a distinguished career at The Coca-Cola Company from 1995 to 2021 where she held various IT management and senior leadership roles with increasing functional and geographic responsibilities, becoming Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) CIO in 2016.
She graduated as a Business Engineer from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). She was awarded 'CIO of the Year' in Belgium at the end of 2011 and was named one of the 2016 'Top 50 Most Inspirational Women in European Technology'.
Other directorships
- Non-executive director of ING Bank Belgium
- Trustee of the Charities Aid Foundation
- Director of WAKO
Board committee membership
- Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
- Social and Ethics Committee
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RICK MEDLOCK
Independent non-executive director
Age: 64 (British)
FULL BIO
Date of appointment: 1 January 2020Skills, expertise and experience
Rick has been working in the technology, media and telecommunications sector for more than 30 years, specialising in fast-growing, globally focused technology companies, private equity-backed investments and initial public offerings (“IPOs”).
He was the CFO of Synamedia after assisting with its buy-out from Cisco in October 2018. Prior to that, Rick was the CFO of Worldpay from 2015 to 2018. During that period, Worldpay transitioned from the largest ever European private-equity IPO to a US$30 billion merger in January 2018, becoming the largest payments processor in the world listed on the NYSE. Prior to Worldpay, Rick held a succession of CFO roles at Misys, Inmarsat plc and NDS Group plc.
Rick is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has a Master of Economics degree from the University of Cambridge.
Other directorships
- Smith + Nephew plc (Audit Committee Chair and non-executive director)
- Deliveroo Holdings plc (Audit Chair and non-executive director)
- Chair of BluJay Solutions Ltd
Board committee membership
- Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
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Skills, expertise and experience
Johnson was a Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1990 to 1994. In 1994, he co-founded Kagiso Trust Investments. He was the Managing Director of the Kagiso group until 2010. He is currently the Executive Chair of Silver Unicorn Coal and Minerals (Pty) Ltd.
He is a past Chair of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and its Education Committee. He has served in a number of prominent advisory roles for both the public and private sector.
Johnson has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Accounting Science (Honours) degree, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant (South Africa).
Other directorships
- Executive Chair of Silver Unicorn Coal and Minerals (Pty) Ltd
- Non-executive director of Delta Property Fund
- Trustee and Chair of Hollard Foundation Trust
- Non-executive director of Motus Holdings Limited
- Non-executive director of Clicks Group Limited
Board committee membership
- Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee (Chair)
- Nominations Committee
- Social and Ethics Committee
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Skills, expertise and experience
Luis has extensive experience as a finance and internal audit executive developed over his career with British American Tobacco (BAT), Raízen and Royal Dutch Shell working in local, regional and global positions, with wide exposure to national and international investors.
He was Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer of Raízen, a joint venture start-up, where he played a fundamental role in the significant growth of the business whilst building robust governance in a complex environment. Thereafter, he joined Royal Dutch Shell as Chief Audit Officer, heading internal audit and reporting directly to the audit committee.
He holds a Master of Business Administration (“MBA”) Finance, from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as well as post-graduate degree in Information Technology and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the same University.
Luis is Chair of the audit committee of Datatec’s subsidiary, Logicalis Latin America.
Other directorships
- CCR SA
- OceanPact SA
- Rumo SA
- Compass SA
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Skills, expertise and experience
Deepa Sita is an executive director and CFO of Tiger Brands Limited and has excellent experience in a wide range of executive roles as a CFO including Masswarehouse (a division of Massmart Holdings Limited) and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (“GIBS”), University of Pretoria.
Deepa is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and holds a Master of Business Administration (“MBA”) (cum laude) from GIBS, University of Pretoria and a Bachelor of Commerce Accounting (Honours) degree from the University of Johannesburg.
Other directorships
- Executive director and CFO of Tiger Brands Limited
Board committee memberships
- Remuneration Committee (Chair)
- Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
- Nominations Committee