JSE-listed Adapt IT Holdings has announced the appointment of Oliver Fortuin as an independent non-executive board member to the group. 
Fortuin will serve as an independent non-executive member of the board of directors and chairman of the social and ethics committee, effective 8 February 2013, replacing Mandla Nhlapo who retires to pursue other interests.
“We are grateful to have had Mandla serve on the board and sincerely appreciate his contribution to Adapt IT’s success over the past three years. We welcome Fortuin who brings a wealth of ICT experience and look forward to his contribution in building the Adapt IT business,” says Adapt IT group CEO, Sbu Shabalala.
Fortuin is a lead independent non-executive director of Ellies Holdings, and served as a director and chairman for IBM in South Africa, having been with the company for 17 years.