Léger takes reins from Kleynhans

Schneider Electric has announced the appointment of Eric Léger as country president for southern Africa, effective 01 April 2013.  Previously country president at Schneider Electric Korea (Schneider Electric Taiwan since 2011), Léger replaces Carl Kleynhans, who held...

Westcon CFO departs

Westcon Group, a division of Datatec Group, has announced that chief financial officer (CFO) John O’Malley will leave the company to pursue other business opportunities. O’Malley has served as CFO since 1999, and was given the additional title of executive...

New MD for Pinnacle Africa

Tim Humphreys-Davies has been appointed as MD of Pinnacle Africa, effective immediately. Humphreys-Davies will continue to fill the role of regional and marketing MD, but will now also look after traditional Pinnacle Africa business.  This includes the Johannesburg...

BDS appoints new GM for services

Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), Africa’s leading document management technology and solutions company and the largest Xerox distributor in the world, has appointed Anton van den Berg to the position of general manager: services. Van den Berg has significant management...

New strategy head for Telkom

Dr Miriam Altman has been appointed as Telkom’s head of strategy, with effect from 1 June 2013.  Dr Altman will support the development and execution of Telkom’s strategy and will report directly to group CEO Sipho Maseko. Dr Altman was an executive director at the...