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Governance
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Board of Directors
Show moreStrive Masiyiwa
Chairman
Strive Masiyiwa is Executive Chairman of Cassava Technologies, built from the strong performance and track record of Econet Group, a pan-African technology company and one of the pioneers of the mobile telecoms industry in Africa. Mr. Masiyiwa’s business interests also include renewable energy, financial services, media and hospitality. Mr. Masiyiwa serves on a number of international boards, including Unilever, Rockefeller Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Global Advisory Board, the Africa Progress Panel, the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board for Sustainable Energy, Morehouse College, Hilton Foundation’s Humanitarian Prize Jury and the Kenjin-Tatsujin International Advisory Council. Mr. Masiyiwa also serves as Chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). In addition, Mr. Masiyiwa is one of the founders, with Sir Richard Branson, of the global think tank, the Carbon War Room, and a founding member of the Global Business Coalition on Education. In 2017, Fortune Magazine named Mr. Masiyiwa number 33 in the World’s Greatest Leaders for 2017.
Nicholas Rudnick
Chief Executive Officer
Nicholas Rudnick is the Chief Executive Officer of Liquid intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, and and a member of our board of directors. Mr. Rudnick was appointed CEO in 2004, when the company was rebranded from Econet Satellite Services to Liquid Telecom, subsequently Liquid Intelligent Technologies. Mr Rudnick is the Deputy CEO of Cassava Technologies and is also a director of Econet Global Limited. Mr. Rudnick has been listed in Global Telecom Business Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the telecommunications industry for the last three consecutive years and is a very well-recognised entrepreneur and legal expert within the industry, helping develop the sector significantly in Africa. Mr. Rudnick is an England and Wales qualified attorney and holds a Master of Laws (Telecommunication) from the University of Strathclyde and BA and LLB degrees from the University of Cape Town.
Kate Hennessy
Chief Financial Officer
Kate Hennessy was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Group and a member of our Board of Directors on 4 October 2019. Prior to that she was Chief M&A Officer of Liquid Intelligent Technologies from September 2018 until her appointment as CFO. She previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company from 2008 to 2018. Ms. Hennessy has also worked for Cable and Wireless (London) and qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in Johannesburg. She has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry in the United Kingdom and South Africa. She is a chartered accountant in South Africa and holds a Bachelor of Business Science with Honours from the University of Cape Town.
Vassi Naidoo
Senior Independent Director
Vassi Naidoo is the Senior Independent Director on our board of directors. Mr. Naidoo is currently the Chairman of Nedbank Group Limited and Nedbank Limited.. Previously, a Non-Executive Director at Old Mutual plc and Old Mutual Group Holdings (SA) (Pty) Ltd. Mr Naidoo has also held several leadership roles with Deloitte, including Vice Chairman of Deloitte UK for five years, Deputy Managing Partner of Deloitte Europe Middle East Africa region for three years, and Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Southern Africa for eight years. He is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), with an honorary life membership for his contribution to the development of the profession in South Africa, and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Mr. Naidoo has a deep experience in the financial services industry.
Donald H. Gips
Independent Non-Executive Director
Donald H. Gips is an Independent Non-Executive Director on our board of directors. He is also currently CEO of the Skoll Foundation. Previously he was a Principal of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategic advisory and commercial diplomacy firm, also serving as Chair of the U.S.-South Africa Business Council, Senior Advisor at Blackstone, and outside director on the boards of Zayo, Black Rhino, Nextnav and Omnispace. Over the course of his career, Mr. Gips served as the U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, ran the Office of Presidential Personnel for the Obama Administration, served in the White House during the Clinton administration, and served as Chief of the International Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission. In addition, from 1998 to 2008, Mr. Gips was group vice president of global corporate development at Level 3 Communications. He received an MBA from the Yale School of Management, where he was honored as a Donaldson Fellow, and an undergraduate degree from Harvard University where he was presented with the Ames Award and the Paul Revere Frothingham Prize.
Dr. Omobola Johnson
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dr. Omobola Johnson is an Independent Non-Executive Director on our board of directors. She is a former Minister of Communication Technology for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She served in this capacity between July 2011 and May 2015, under the Presidency of H.E. Goodluck Jonathan. Prior to serving in a public sector role, Dr. Johnson worked as a consultant with Accenture and Arthur Andersen for 25 years before taking early retirement from Accenture in March 2010 to complete a Doctorate in Business Administration, whose main research focus was looking into the improvement of business leadership development in companies in Nigeria. Since Sept 2015, Dr. Johnson is a Senior Partner at TLCom Capital LLP, a technology-focused venture capital firm, with specific responsibilities for fund raising, deal flow generation, and investments in technology companies in West Africa. Dr. Johnson has previously served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Diamond Bank, currently Chairs the boards of Custodian and Allied Insurance, and Phoenix Africa Development Company, and sits on the Nigeria boards of FBNQuest Merchant Bank and Guinness Nigeria plc. Since 2001, she is a Founding Chairperson and member of the Board of Trustees of Women in Management and Business, an NGO whose mission is to elevate the profile and influence of women in management, business and public service through annual conferences and mentoring programmes. She holds a BSc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester, an MSc. in Digital Electronics from Kings College London, and a Doctorate in Business Administration from Cranfield University.
Dr. Donald Kaberuka
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dr. Donald Kaberuka is an Independent Non-Executive Director on our board of directors. He is Chairman, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of SouthBridge, a pan-African financial and investment advisory firm. He also serves as the chair of the board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and as a Special Envoy of the African Union on the Peace Fund and Sustainable Financing of the Union. He was the seventh President of the African Development Bank Group and served as Chairman of the African Development Bank’s board of directors for two successive five year terms between 2005 and 2015. Prior to joining the African Development Bank, Dr. Kaberuka was Finance Minister of Rwanda between 1997 and 2005. He currently serves on the boards of several corporates, global philanthropic foundations and think tanks, including as a board member of the Centre for Global Development, the Brookings Institution, Centum Investment Company, and was formerly a Senior Adviser to the global private equity firm, TPG-Satya, and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Dr Kaberuka is an alumnus of the University of Glasgow.
Gaetan Lan Hun Kuen
Independent Non-Executive Director
Gaetan Lan Hun Kuen is an Independent Non-Executive Director on our board of directors. He was Chief Executive Officer of Mauritian Eagle Insurance Company Limited before holding the position of Chief Finance Officer within IBL Group from 2005 to 2014. Mr. Lan was also Chairman of The Stock Exchange of Mauritius and member of the Financial Services Consultative Council. Mr. Lan became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1977 and was made Fellow of the same Institute in 1982. He also completed an Advanced Management Program at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France and a Management Information System Program in Boston, Massachusetts.
Eric Venpin
Independent Non-Executive Director
Eric Venpin is an Independent Non-Executive Director on our board of directors. Mr. Venpin is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and is currently the Managing Director of The Lins Consulting Ltd and sits on the board of several companies. He started his career in London, UK, where he was involved in international tax planning and restructuring. He then became a Partner at Deloitte, Mauritius in charge of fiscal services and information technology. He was also one of the founder members of DTOS Ltd, one of the main service providers in the global business industry. In 2005, he was appointed as Managing Director of Mauritian Eagle Insurance Co Ltd, a listed insurance company in Mauritius and a year later became the Chief Operating Officer of the financial services sector of IBL, one of the largest listed conglomerates in Mauritius and was in charge of insurance, leasing and global business clusters.
Anil Dua
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Anil Dua is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on our board of directors. He is currently a Partner of Gateway Partners, a private equity firm focused on Africa, Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Prior to Gateway, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank, West Africa, after having served in a number of senior positions with Standard Chartered Bank, including head of origination and client coverage for Africa and global head of project export and structured trade finance. Mr. Dua has been a Non-Executive Director at Forte Oil plc since 2015, and a Non-Executive Director at African Export-Import Bank since 2010. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Delhi School of Economics.
Hardwork Pemhiwa
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Hardy Pemhiwa is the CEO of Cassava Technologies, In addition, Hardy is a director of several of Econet’s key subsidiaries. He previously spent over 15 years working in development and investment banking focused on project and structured trade finance in Sub Saharan Africa. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Queen Mary College, University of London and holds a Master of Business Administration certificate in Finance from Edinburgh Business School.
David Wilson
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
David Wilson is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on our board of directors. He is a chartered accountant by profession and is currently employed by Royal Bafokeng Holdings (“RBH”) as Head of Portfolio. He is a Director of Royal Bafokeng Platinum Limited, representing RBH and also serves as an alternate Director on the RMH and Rand Merchant Investment Holding Limited boards. Prior to joining RBH, Mr. Wilson was a Director and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions for sub-Saharan Africa at Deutsche Bank, South Africa. Before joining Deutsche Bank in 2004, Mr. Wilson was an Associate Director, Corporate Finance at HSBC, South Africa and Vice President, Corporate Finance at ING Barings, South Africa.
Richard Wilson
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Richard Wilson is a Non-Executive Director on our board of directors. Mr. Wilson is a private investor in growth stage companies as well as a co-investor with private equity firms. He was previously a Senior Executive at Apax Partners LLP, a leading private equity firm. Joining as an Associate, Mr. Wilson became an Equity Partner, leading the global Tech & Telecoms sector team and serving as a member of the Investment, Exit and Portfolio Review committees. He has extensive experience in growth capital and buyout investing, ranging from software companies to mobile, fixed line and satellite operators. Other previous appointments include Non-Executive Director of PA Consulting Group; Chairman of the European Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (EVCA) and the Public Affairs Executive (PAE); council member of the British Venture Capital Association. Mr. Wilson holds a degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD.