[Johannesburg, 13 November 2009] -
Haresh Haricharun, 41, joined The Innovation Hub Management Company (Pty) Ltd (TIH) as CEO on 12 October 2009. His appointment was warmly welcomed by the company's board, employees and scientific community, as well as its shareholder, Blue IQ Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd.TIH Chairman, Prof Joe Tsotetsi, introduced Haresh as a “recognised leader with outstanding management and leadership qualities and the vision and drive to position The Innovation Hub – Africa's first internationally accredited Science Park – as an important contributor to the fast-changing, dynamic and challenging innovation landscape, locally and abroad.”During his 15-year career in nuclear physics, Haresh held a number of management and leadership positions locally at parastatal Eskom and the Department of Minerals and Energy. Before joining The Innovation Hub, he was the Chief Physicist - Engineering in the Nuclear Programmes Division at Eskom Enterprises and a member of the assessment team handling international bids for the nuclear-1 multibillion-dollar construction of nuclear energy capacity for South Africa.
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