People: Blue Label Telecoms Ltd (BLUJ.J)


BLUJ.J on Johannesburg Stock Exchange

750.00ZAc
19 Jun 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Laurence Nestadt

 62 2007 Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Brett Levy

 37 2007 Joint Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director

Mark Levy

 41 2007 Joint Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director

David Rivkind

 40 2010 Financial Director, Executive Director

Niel Barnard

 Chief Executive Officer – Blue Label Mobile

John Hawthorne

 Chief Executive Officer - Velociti

Larry Pogir

 Executive Chairman of Blue Label Data Solutions

Werner Van Reenen

 2011 Chief Executive Officer – Blue Label Distribution

Mark Pamensky

 40 2007 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Director

David Fraser

 Group Chief Technology Officer

Angelo Roussos

 Group Chief Information Officer

Etienne de Villiers

 63 2011 General Counsel

Michael Campbell

 Group Head - Investor and Media Relations

Vivian Casaletti

 2011 Group Head - Marketing

Tanya Grota

 Chief Technical Adviser – Group Finance

Ingrid Hindley

 Group Head - Human Resources

Dean Suntup

 2011 Financial Director – South African Distribution

Elizna Viljoen

 2007 Group Company Secretary

Kevin Ellerine

 43 2009 Non-Executive Director

Neil Lazarus

 55 2007 Non-Executive Director

Gary Harlow

 55 2007 Independent Non-Executive Director

Joe Mthimunye

 47 2007 Independent Non-Executive Director

S. Jerry Vilakazi

 50 2011 Non-Executive Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Laurence Nestadt

 Mr. Laurence Michael Nestadt is Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Blue Label Telecoms Ltd. He has over 40 years experience in his long and corporate career, both in South Africa and internationally. Larry is a co-founder and former executive director of Investec Bank Limited. He assisted in the creation and strategic development of a number of listed companies such as Capital Alliance Holdings Limited, Super Group Limited, Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited, SIB Holdings Limited and Global Capital Limited. He is the past chairman on each of the boards of these companies. Larry has also served on the board of directors of Softline Limited, JCI Limited and Abacus Technologies Holdings Limited. He was a former director of a number of non-listed companies, internationally and locally; viz, Stenham Limited (UK) and Prefsure Life Limited (Aus). Currently, Larry is the executive chairman of Global Capital (Proprietary) Limited as well as chairman of the Pro Shop Group, Melrose Nissan-Renault, SellDirect Marketing (Proprietary) Limited and Placo Holdings (Proprietary) Limited. Larry is a respected senior member of the South African business community and his strategic vision, guidance and experience contribute significantly to the board and its deliberations.

Brett Levy

 Mr. Brett Marlon Levy is Joint Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of Blue Label Telecoms Ltd. He has an entrepreneurial history having founded and operated a number of small businesses from the early 1990s. Brett has been involved in a wide range of industries, including the distribution of fast-moving consumer goods and insurance replacements for electronic goods. His business achievements have secured a number of prestigious nominations and awards, including the ABSA Bank Jewish Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2003) and the ABSA Jewish Business Achiever Non-Listed Company Award (2007). Brett was nominated as an Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur SA Finalist for 2007. In 2010 Brett received the Liberty Life Award for a Remarkable Success Story in the David Awards and was a finalist in the Top Young Entrepreneur category of the African Access National Business Awards.

Mark Levy

 Mr. Mark Steven Levy is Joint Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of Blue Label Telecoms Ltd. He graduated with a BCompt degree from UNISA in 1993. After a period as a commodity trader, Mark decided to pursue his goal of becoming an entrepreneur and has spent the past several years spearheading Blue Label’s impressive growth and international expansion. Mark won the ABSA Jewish Business Achiever Non-Listed Company Award (2007). Mark was nominated as an Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur SA Finalist for 2007. In 2010 Mark was voted Top IT Personality of the year by ITWeb and was a finalist in the Top Young Entrepreneur category of the African Access National Business Awards.

David Rivkind

 Mr. David Bryan Rivkind is Financial Director, Executive Director of Blue Label Telecoms Ltd. He completed articles at Papilsky Hurwitz and in 1999 joined Merrill Lynch International (UK) as financial controller. David was employed by Credit Suisse for a brief period before returning to South Africa in 2002 to take up the role of financial director at Integr8IT (Proprietary) Limited. Previously as chief financial officer and now financial director for Blue Label he contributes significantly to the governance and reporting systems supporting the group’s growth. David is a member of SAICA. He holds BAcc (UNISA), CA(SA).

Niel Barnard

 Mr. Niel Barnard is Chief Executive Officer – Blue Label Mobile, a subsidiary of Blue Label Telecoms ltd. He holds BSc (Information Technology), MSc (Programme Management), MCSE.

John Hawthorne

 Mr. John Hawthorne is Chief Executive Officer - Velociti, a subsidiary of Blue Label Telecoms ltd. He holds BA Communication BA Liberal Arts (Both Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University).

Larry Pogir

 Mr. Larry Pogir is Executive Chairman of Blue Label Data Solutions, a subsidiary of Blue Label Telecoms ltd. He holds a BCom Degree.

Werner Van Reenen

Mark Pamensky

 Mr. Mark Vivian Pamensky is Chief Operating Officer, Executive Director of Blue Label Telecoms Ltd. He completed his articles with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. before moving to the corporate finance department of Mercantile Bank. In 1999 he joined the boutique corporate advisory firm, Nucleus Corporate Finance, before joining Blue Label in 2001. Mark has played an integral role in the strategic and operational management of the group and much of its expanding telecommunications footprint can be attributed to his leadership. Mark is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO). He holds a BCom (Wits), BCompt (Hons) (UNISA), CA(SA).

David Fraser

 Mr. David Fraser is Group Chief Technology Officer of Blue Label Telecoms ltd. He holds BSc (Eng), MSc (Eng), PhD (Natal), CEng (UK), MIET (UK), MIEEE (USA), MSAIEE (SA), MSPE.

Angelo Roussos

 Mr. Angelo Roussos is Group Chief Information Officer of Blue Label Telecoms ltd. He holds BSc (Lab. Med.), MBBCh (Wits).

Etienne de Villiers

Michael Campbell

Vivian Casaletti

Tanya Grota

 Ms. Tanya Grota is Chief Technical Adviser – Group Finance of Blue Label Telecoms ltd. She holds BCom (Hons) Wits, CA(SA).

Ingrid Hindley

 Ms. Ingrid J. Hindley is Group Head - Human Resources of Blue Label telecoms Ltd. She holds BSocSci Honours (Industrial Psychology) Natal.

Dean Suntup

 Mr. Dean A. Suntup is Financial Director – South African Distribution of Blue Label Telecoms ltd. he holds BCom (Wits) Hons (UNISA), CA(SA).

Elizna Viljoen

Kevin Ellerine

 Mr. Kevin M. Ellerine is Non-Executive Director of Blue Label Telecoms Limited. He holds National diploma in Company Administration. He joined the business, Ellerine Holdings, in January 1991 as merchandise manager. In 1993 he became property manager of Ellerine Bros. (Proprietary) Limited, and was appointed managing director of the property division in 2000, a position he still holds today. He sits on the boards of the property and private equity companies in which Ellerine Bros. is invested. Kevin’s all-round business skill and acumen contribute to board and committee deliberations of the group.

Neil Lazarus

 Mr. Neil Norman Lazarus is Non-Executive Director of Blue Label Telecoms Ltd. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1981 with a BA LLB degree. After completing articles, he was admitted as an attorney in 1983. He was admitted as an advocate in 1984 and practised at the Johannesburg bar. He was appointed as senior counsel by President Mandela in 1998. He also served as an acting judge. As an advocate, Neil specialises in corporate restructures, mergers and acquisitions and has been involved in some corporate reorganisations both locally and internationally. Upon leaving the profession in 2000 he became a director of Corpcapital Limited, establishing its corporate finance business. Neil discharges both corporate finance and legal mandates for a number of local and international companies.

Gary Harlow

 Mr. Gary David Harlow is Independent Non-Executive Director of Blue Label Telecoms Ltd. He graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1979, later qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1982, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) in 1983 and as a Fellow Chartered Management Accountant (UK) in 1996. He forged his early career in merchant banking and was also an adviser to the finance department of the African National Congress in the early 1990s regarding developing a BEE policy. In 1992, he played an instrumental role in the creation of Thebe Investment Corporation and also served as Joint Chief Executive Officer of Msele Corporate and Merchant Bank, South Africa’s first black-controlled merchant bank. He holds BBusSci (Hons) (UCT), FCMA, CA(SA). He was appointed group chief executive officer of Unihold Limited in 1996, where he led its transformation from an engineering conglomerate to an international IT and telecommunications group, prior to its delisting through a management buy-out. He remains executive chairman today. Gary has served on numerous private and public company boards. He is presently an independent non-executive director of Mveloserve Limited, chairman of their audit and risk committee and member of their remuneration, investment and transformation committees.

Joe Mthimunye

 Mr. Joe S. Mthimunye is Independent Non-Executive Director of Blue Label Telecoms Ltd. Mr. Mthimunye qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1993. In 1996, he co-founded Gobodo Incorporated, an accounting practice with eight other partners which in time became the biggest black accounting firm in South Africa. In 1999, he led a management buy-out of Gobodo Corporate Finance from the accounting firm and re-branded it as AloeCap (Proprietary) Limited. He is currently executive chairman of AloeCap. He also serves on the board of directors of Invicta Limited and all the non-listed companies in which AloeCap Private Equity is invested. he holds BCompt Hons/CTA (UNISA), CA(SA).

S. Jerry Vilakazi

 Mr. S. Jerry Vilakazi is Non-Executive Independent Director of Blue Label Telecoms Limited with effect from 19 October 2011. Mr. Vilakazi is the executive Chairman of the Palama Group of companies which he co-founded. He is also the Chairman of Netcare Limited, Mpumulanga Gambling Board,Trubok (Pty) Limited and ExecuPrime Holdings (Pty) Limited. He holds directorships in Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited, Goliath Gold Mining Limited, General Health Group (UK), Tower Group (Pty) Limited, Kazzi Corporate Wear (Pty) Limited and the Black Management Forum Investments Company Limited. He was recently appointed by President Zuma to the National Planning Commission & the B-BBEE Advisory Council.

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