JSE-listed Gijima has appointed several women to top-level positions, after implementing a new client-centric business model, which involved restructuring the group.
CEO Jonas Bogoshi has said that the new model involves deep restructuring of the company's operations, and is set to be implemented by the new financial year, which starts in July.
Human resources executive Michael Ferreira says the recent changes in Gijima's operating model allowed it to “search for the best available talent”. As a result, there were several new appointments at executive and other senior management levels in the group.
Gijima has appointed seven women to top-level positions, including Eileen Wilton as COO and Ulli Reyneke as chief client officer for financial services.
The recent appointments enhanced Gijima's female representation at senior level in the organisation, says Ferreira. At board level, 10% are female, while the executive representation increased to 20%, he adds.
Breaking the ceiling
Ferreira says the fact that some of these senior appointments are female is the result of the company's intent to promote from within, but also to search for external talent if the internal process cannot provide the required skills set.
Other senior leadership positions held by female executives include Becky Mosehle, as the regional executive in the Western Cape, Gloria Nkadimeng, as service delivery executive in the public sector, as well as Tinyiko Ranwashe, as managing executive in the public sector, responsible for the State IT Agency account.
As part of the internal process, Melissa Cunningham was appointed as the executive responsible for field services in the delivery environment, Ferreira adds.
In May, Gijima said it would trim between 8% and 12% of its R1 billion-a-year staff bill through retrenchments, as it faces declining revenue because of lost deals and increasing costs. Of the 700, some 200 people were retrenched and the balance moved to Absa, after it in-sourced more than half the contract it previously had with Gijima.
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