Dr Mavuso Msimang

Lead independent non-executive director

Appointed:

March 26, 2011

Qualifications:

• MBA (Project Management)
• BSc

Committee memberships:

• Nomination committee (Chairperson)
• Social and ethics committee

Mavuso was appointed to the board on 26 March 2011. He has 28 years of experience in management at the executive level and was involved in the successful transformation and restructuring of several state-owned entities over 16 years, until 2010.

He held several senior positions in public sector organisations, including South African Tourism, South African National Parks, and the State IT Agency (SITA), where he successively served as Chief Executive Officer. He also worked for a couple of South African non-governmental organisations. Mavuso retired from the civil service in 2010 following a three-year stint as Director-General at the Department of Home Affairs. He served as the CEO of the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation.