Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys is interviewing candidates for the crucial position of Vodacom SA MD following the promotion of Shameel Joosub to the position of CEO of Vodafone’s operation in Spain.
Uys says the board is “diligently” looking for a candidate to fill Joosub’s position at Vodacom and has a “medium list” — as opposed to a shortlist — of candidates he is interviewing.
“I hope to take a shorter list to the board at our next meeting,” he says.
Uys says Vodacom hopes to fill the position before Joosub leaves at the end of March. “That would be first prize, but it’s not guaranteed,” he cautions.
Whoever takes over from Joosub will have big shoes to fill. He has been running Vodacom’s critical SA operation for the past five years and is well respected in the telecommunications industry.
Before taking the reins at Vodacom SA, Joosub was MD of the Vodacom Service Provider Company between 2000 and 2005. He joined Vodacom in March 1994, the same year the operator launched its first commercial services. — Staff reporter, TechCentral
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