Telkom today announced the appointment of a new Group Chief Executive Officer. Ms Nombulelo Moholi will take over the reigns at the company with effect from 1 April 2011.
In her current role as Managing Director of Telkom SA, she has been responsible for wholesale and retail commercial operations, consumer products and services, and network operations. Under her leadership, Telkom delivered the communications network for the 2010 World Cup, took new converged products to market and created the platform for data hosting services.
Prior to joining Telkom, she worked for GEC and Siemens (South Africa). Ms Moholi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Cape Town and has attended the Strategic Executive Programme at Stanford Business School and the Strategic Marketing Management Programme at Harvard Business School.
Ms Moholi joined Telkom in 1994 as General Manager of Payphones. Since then she has held several executive leadership positions at Telkom, including Managing Executive: Network Infrastructure Provisioning, Managing Executive of International and Special Markets, and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer.
She left Telkom in 2005 and joined Nedbank, where she served as Group Executive of Strategy, Marketing and Corporate Affairs.
Ms Moholi returned to Telkom in 2009 as Managing Director of the Telkom SA business unit.
Ms Moholi said she was looking forward to leading the Telkom Group at a time when the ICT sector faced a range of challenges and competitive impacts. At the same time, several new commercial opportunities are being created in this dynamic sector, and Telkom is pivotal to many of these developments.
“Although we are experiencing unprecedented competition on several levels in the ICT sector, I am confident that the Telkom Group has the skills and resources necessary to tackle and resolve these challenges, and to take us proudly into the future,” said Ms Moholi, who is affectionately known as Pinky throughout the industry.
Telkom Chairman, Mr Lazarus Zim, welcomed Ms Moholi to the top leadership position in the Telkom Group.
“In Ms Moholi we have the depth of experience, visionary leadership, strategic expertise and knowledge of technology needed to steer Telkom into the future.
“We thank Mr Hedberg for acting in the position of Group CEO for the past six months, and for staying on in an advisory capacity until June. This will create a smooth and seamless leadership transition at this critical phase of the Group’s financial reporting cycle. It will also ensure continuity of the momentum for change and the initiatives which Telkom has begun to implement towards achieving greater efficiency and long-term sustainability.”
Mr Zim added that the appointment of Ms Moholi meant the Group was now on a firm footing to fulfil its mandate to all its stakeholders and shareholders.
The contract of the current Acting GCEO, Jeffrey Hedberg, expires at the end of March. Mr Hedberg said his tenure as Acting GCEO at Telkom had been challenging but fulfilling.
“I am confident that Telkom has set a course for improved efficiency and growth, and I am proud to have made a contribution to the Group’s future,” said Hedberg.
By Angela Meadon
I need the contact details of Nombulelo Moholi, incoming CEO, Telkom Group . I’ve applied for a transfer of my Telkom ADSL line on 7 February 2011. To date – 6 July 2011, (FIVE MONTHS later) I STILL do NOT have my ADSL line transfered.
Nobody at Telkom seems to be able to help me to sort this out. I;ve phoned every support number, customer care, been to Telkom Direct five times etc etc.
Perhaps she will be able to help me, as it seems nobody else in her company is able to give me any answers!