Cable operator Seacom has announced Alpheus Mangale as its new group chief executive officer, effective 1 April.
This follows the resignation of Oliver Fortuin, earlier this month.
In a statement, Seacom says Mangale will work alongside outgoing group CEO Fortuin for three months, to ensure a smooth leadership transition, at the end of which he will assume full responsibility for the business.
“I am delighted to join Seacom at this critical time in Africa's digital transformation and the business’s own transformation,” comments Mangale.
“I look forward to continuing to drive the strategy that has set the company on becoming a Pan-African converged telecommunications organisation. Much has been achieved in the past two years, and I am excited to be part of a truly African business as we expand our services and geographic footprint further.”
With 25 years’ experience across the enterprise, telecoms, financial services and technology sectors in Europe, Middle East and Africa (MEA), Mangale joins the subsea cable company following his resignation as chief engineering officer at Standard Bank.
He spent 16 years at Dimension Data, where he held various senior leadership roles, including CTO, COO and client experience director across MEA. He also held the roles of MD for Cisco Systems SA and chief enterprise officer for MTN Business SA.
Seacom believes Mangale’s experience in running the largest enterprise telecoms unit in Africa, coupled with his knowledge of the South African and African business environment, plus decades of experience managing large complex organisations, position him to continue the work done to transform and grow the company into Africa's largest converged telecoms provider.
States Seacom board chairman Pieter Uys: “The board and I are delighted that Alpheus has agreed to join us and lead our strategy of African expansion. We are confident, given Alpheus's track record, knowledge and experience in this operating environment, that Alpheus is precisely the right person to lead the business at this juncture.
“The board and I look forward to working with him to achieve our strategic objectives. We would like to thank Oliver for his effective leadership and commitment and for redefining how we do business across the continent.”
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