Qualifications: BA (Unisa)

Saki is a prominent businessman in South Africa. He is the chairman of Safika Holdings Proprietary Limited and Tshipi é Ntle and Ntsimbintle Mining Proprietary Limited and an independent non-executive director of Mondi Plc. He is a former Board member of Volkswagen South Africa, a former chairman of Liberty Life Holdings Limited and deputy chairman of the Standard Bank Group. He is the past president of Business Leadership South Africa. Saki is the former Chairman of the Presidents Big Business Working Group, Business Leadership South Africa, Business Trust, SA Tourism, Council of Wits University and Council on Higher Education. He is a former member of the B20, the business section of the G20, Global Leader for Tomorrow of the World Economic Forum (1997) and Patron of the Boy Scouts of South Africa and the Key School of Autism. Saki is also a former managing director of Transnet, former chairman of the MTN Group and the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Communications. In 2012, he was recognised for his work in civil society where Unisa bestowed on him the Calabash award for his fight against oppression during the apartheid regime. The Calabash award is one of the highest honours that could be bestowed on an individual by Unisa. Saki was appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in July 2017 and appointed chairman in July 2020.

Qualifications: BAcc (Hons) (Unisa) and MBA (Southern Queensland University, Australia), Advanced Management Programme (Harvard), Honorary Doctorate in Management Sciences (Central University of Technology), Honorary Professor of Practice (University of Johannesburg)

Mohamed Shameel Aziz Joosub joined Vodacom/Vodafone in 1994 and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at Vodacom Group, a position he has held since 2012. He is an Exco member of Vodafone PLC and is responsible for all its African operations. He has extensive telecommunications experience having held Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer positions in various companies across the group for the last 28 years, including Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer at Vodacom South Africa and Chief Executive Officer at Vodafone Spain. Shameel served on the Vodacom Group Board from 2000 until March 2011, when he was seconded to Vodafone Spain. He was re-appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in September 2012 after his return from Spain. He holds board positions at Vodacom Group Limited, Safaricom Plc, Vodafone Egypt Telecommunications S.A.E and a number of subsidiary boards across the group. Shameel also sits on the board of Business Leadership South Africa and is the Chairman of the South African telco industry association (Association of Comms and Technology NPC).

Qualifications: CA (SA), Advanced Management Programme (INSEAD), H. Dip Tax, M.Phil

Raisibe serves as Chief Financial Officer of Vodacom Group with effect from 1 November 2020. She joined Vodacom from Nedbank Group Limited where she had been the Group Chief Financial Officer since September 2009. She was appointed to the board of Burstone Real Estate Partners in November 2023, where she acts as an independent non-executive director. Raisibe has spent over 26 years in the financial services industry in South Africa and has acquired experience in banking and insurance. Raisibe has previously served as an executive director of Sanlam Limited and prior to that an executive of the Industrial Development Corporation. Her experience spans Investment Banking, Private Equity, Corporate Lending and Insurance. In her career she also served in various Boards of listed and non-listed companies in her executive capacity or a shareholder representative. She has extensive experience in audit committees where her experience includes serving as a member of the committee or chairperson.

Qualifications: B.Soc.Sc (International Studies with Economics), University of Birmingham | Chartered Accountant – England & Wales

Khumo Shuenyane is an independent non-executive director of Bidvest Group Limited and Ninety One Plc. He previously served as an independent non-executive director of Investec Limited and Investec Plc from 2014 to 2023, including five years as Chairman of Investec Bank Limited, the Group’s South African banking subsidiary. He has over 15 years’ experience in the telecommunications sector, including six years as Group Chief Mergers and Acquisitions Officer of MTN Group Limited and a member of the Group Executive Committee. His earlier experience includes senior advisory roles with Delta Partners, a global TMT advisory firm headquartered in Dubai, and nine years at Investec Bank, where he served in corporate finance and subsequently as Head of Principal Investments. He began his professional career at Arthur Andersen in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Khumo was appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in July 2020.

Qualifications: (BA (Economics) (Rutgers University), MBA (De Montfort University)

Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa is the CEO-SA of Naspers South Africa Limited and also serves on the boards of Naspers Limited and is nominated to be appointed on the Prosus N.V. board. Prior to joining Naspers, Phuthi was the co-founder and Executive Chairperson of Sigma Capital Proprietary Limited. Phuthi is the former CEO of Shanduka Group and prior to that, she was the Head of the Project Finance South Africa business unit at the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Phuthi is a former Vice President of Fieldstone, an international firm specialising in the financing of infrastructure assets. She is currently on the advisory board of Stellenbosch University Business School. She serves as the Deputy Chair of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation. She is also a member of the South Africa BRICS Business Council as well as the United Nations Global Compact, SA. Phuthi was recently appointed to serves as a non-executive director on the board of Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA). Phuthi was re-appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in January 2019.

Qualifications: BSc, PG Dip (Investment Management) (Rhodes University), Advanced Management Programme (Harvard)

Nomkhita Nqweni is Chairperson of the Old Mutual Bank Board and an accomplished financial services leader with more than 25 years’ experience across financial services, asset management and insurance. She is an experienced executive director of regulated entities and has held senior leadership roles across Africa and international markets. Nomkhita is the former Chief Executive of Wealth, Investment Management and Insurance (Africa) at Absa Group Limited, where she also served as Managing Director and Africa lead on the Barclays Wealth EMEA Executive Committee, working with teams in London and Geneva. Prior to Absa, she was Managing Director of Alexander Forbes Financial Services Holdings Limited (Africa). She has also served as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the Solidarity Fund, a rapid-response national partnership established to strengthen societal resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nomkhita currently serves as an independent non-executive director of Old Mutual Limited. In recognition of her leadership, she was named CNBC All Africa Business Woman of the Year in 2018. Nomkhita was appointed to the Old Mutual Bank Board in July 2022, having previously served as an alternate director from April 2020.

Qualifications: BCom Hons (UCT), MPhil (Cambridge), CA(SA)

Clive is the current Chairman of JSE listed Woolworths Holdings Limited which owns food and fashion retail operations in southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand. He has over 20 years’ experience in senior leadership and executive roles and served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of multinational industrial company Barloworld Limited for 10 years. Prior to that he was CEO of the Barloworld capital equipment division and served as Group Finance Director for close to four years. Clive was formerly a partner at Deloitte, responsible for audit client services in addition to serving in accounting technical advisory and education portfolios. He was an independent non-executive director of ADvTECH Limited, a leading private education provider, from March 2021 until April 2025 where he also chaired the Investment Committee. Clive was appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in April 2020.

Qualifications: MSc Economics (London School of Economics), MSc Political Science (Lund University)

Joakim is the Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer of Vodafone Group Plc, and a member of the Vodafone Group Plc Executive Committee. He is responsible for public relations and corporate affairs, including policy and regulation, communications, security, sustainability and charitable activities. Joakim is also currently on the Board of the Swedish Space Corporation, Trustee of Vodafone Group Foundation, Board member of ICC United Kingdom and fellow at the Royal Society of Arts, UK. Before joining Vodafone in April 2017, He was the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Prior to that, Joakim spent more than 15 years in the foreign service of Sweden, including as Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador to the World Trade Organization and at the Permanent Representation to the European Union. He also served as an EU negotiator with DG Trade at the European Commission. Joakim was appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in October 2023.

Qualifications: MSc Bus Administration

Pierre is the Vodafone Group Plc Group Corporate Finance Director. He joined Vodafone in July 2011 and is responsible for the Vodafone Group’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Treasury related activities. Previously, he held a number of senior executive positions at UBS Investment Bank and at HSBC Investment Bank. Pierre holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law. He is also a non-executive director of TPG Telecom Limited and VodafoneThree Holdings Limited. Pierre was appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in April 2020.

Qualifications: MSc in Electrical Engineering (Communications) from George Washington University (USA)

Nadia is a board member of ICCREA Bank, GSMA, CableLabs and ORAN. Nadia is a member of the Vodafone Technology Committee shaping the strategic direction of Vodafone’s Technology to drive innovation and business growth. With over 30 years of experience in telecommunications across the USA and Europe, Nadia began her career at Comsearch, where she led major strategic projects for Lucent Technologies, Sprint Spectrum and US West Communications.

She joined Vodafone in 1998 and has held several key positions, including UMTS Development Manager, 3G & Group Programs Director and Technology Strategy Director. Nadia was appointed to Vodacom Group Board as a director with effect from 1 April 2026.

Qualifications: MA (Cambridge), MBA (INSEAD)

Leanne joined Vodafone as Chief Human Resources Officer and a member of the Executive Committee on 1 April 2019 and held this role until 31 December 2025. In this position she was responsible for leading Vodafone’s people and organisation strategy which included developing strong talent and leadership, effective organisations, strategic capabilities and an engaging culture and work environment. Previously, Leanne was the Chief People, Strategy and Corporate Affairs Officer for Burberry Plc from 2015. Prior to that, she worked for Diageo Plc for 15 years in a variety of roles, most recently as their Group Human Resources Director. She has also worked in strategy and finance for Allied Domecq Plc, LEK Consulting and United Distillers. She is a non-executive director of Compass Group Plc. Leanne was appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in July 2019.

Qualifications: BCom (First Class Honours) (Mahatma Gandhi University), Qualified Accountant (Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India), Practitioners Diploma in Executive Coaching (Academy of Executive Coaching)

Sateesh is the Group Finance Director of Vodafone Group Plc, responsible for financial oversight of Vodafone’s operations in Europe, Africa, and its joint ventures and associates in Asia. Prior to assuming this role, Sateesh held other senior financial roles in Vodafone including Regional Finance Director for Europe cluster, Global Financial Director for Vodafone Business and Regional Controller for Asia, Middle East and Africa. Sateesh was also Finance director of Vodacom Tanzania from May 2014 to 2016 and the Chief Financial Officer of Safaricom Plc from August 2016 to July 2020. During his tenure Safaricom saw a step change in M-Pesa product portfolio and revenues and digitization of operations, resulting in significant improvement in margins and market cap. Before joining Vodafone in 2004, Sateesh held various senior financial roles in Coca-Cola Beverages and listed entities in India Amara Raja Batteries and Coats Viyella Limited. Sateesh was appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in March 2024.

Qualifications: Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Pure Mathematics from the University of Wales, Swansea and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales ACA.

James is the Group Reward and Policy Director of Vodafone Group Plc, responsible for the strategic design, planning, management, and communication of Vodafone's short term and long-term incentive reward plans. Over the past ten years, James has been integral in advising remuneration committees across the Vodafone group of entities on strategic reward programmes and governance. James also manages the talent movements of the Vodafone Executive Committee and all global senior leadership population. James leads the human resources governance for Vantage Towers and Vodafone’s global Speak Up policy. Prior to assuming this role, James held other senior human resources roles in Vodafone including Head of Executive Reward and Global Share Plans. James is also a non-executive director of Safaricom Plc. James was appointed to the Vodacom Group Board as an alternate director to Ms Leanne Wood in September 2025.