Qualifications: Bachelor of Accounting Science (Honours) (Unisa) and MBA (Southern Queensland University, Australia), Associated General Accountant and Commercial and Financial Accountant (SA), Advanced Management Programme from Harvard University.

Shameel joined Vodacom in 1994 and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at Vodacom Group Limited, a position he has held since 2012. He has extensive telco experience having operated at a senior level in various companies across the group for the last 22 years, including Managing Director at Vodacom South Africa and Chief Executive Officer at Vodafone Spain. Shameel holds board positions at Vodacom Group Limited, Safaricom Plc, and a number of subsidiary boards across the group. Shameel served on the Vodacom Group Board from 2000 until March 2011, when he was seconded to Spain. He was re-appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in September 2012 after his return from Spain. Shameel also sits on the board of Business Leadership South Africa. He was appointed to the Vodafone Group Exco in April 2020.

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

Raisibe serves as Chief Financial Officer of Vodacom Group, a position she has held since 1 November 2020. She joined Vodacom from Nedbank Group Limited where she was the Group Chief Financial Officer since September 2009. Raisibe has over 30 years’ experience working in the financial sector and recently in ICT sector. 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, Insurance and ICT. 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 : Bachelor Accounting Science (BCompt), University of South Africa. Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Senior Executive Programme Africa, Harvard Business School.

Sitho was appointed to the role of Managing Director and executive director of Vodacom South Africa with effect from 1 July 2022. Prior to this Sitho was the Managing Director of Vodacom Tanzania Plc from 1 November 2021 to 30 June 2022. Sitho has previously held various roles at Vodacom including that of Finance Director of Vodacom South Africa , Interim Chief Financial Officer of Vodacom Group and as well as the Chief Financial Officer of Vodacom Group’s International Business. Prior to joining Vodacom Group, he worked for Vodafone Group for more than 6 years holding senior roles within the Group. Sitho has over 20 years finance, management and consulting experience of which 14 have been in telecommunications across both emerging and developed markets..

Qualification: CA(SA), MBA (Cum Laude)

Mariam Cassim is the Group Chief Executive Officer | Vodacom Financial and Digital Services and a member of the Vodacom Group’s Executive Committee.

Mariam’s professional experience includes Corporate Finance and Deal Structuring, Mergers and Acquisitions, Debt Structuring, Commercial Evaluation and now, full CEO responsibility. Her flair for innovation, disruption and new business development allows Mariam to generate creative business solutions, which have a strong purpose element and thereby benefits business as well as society.

Mariam is a Chartered Accountant with an MBA degree from the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business where she graduated Cum Laude.

Qualifications: Major in Business Administration and Marketing Masters in Business Administration (MBA).

Diego Gutierrez was appointed as Chief Officer: International Business from 1 August 2017. Diego possesses more than 20 years of international cross-functional experience in the telecommunications industry with special focus on emerging markets in Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean. He comes with proven success in business turnarounds, enhancing operational efficiency, leading organisations through critical transitions, and translating corporate strategies into tangible operating results.

Qualifications: B Admin (University of Venda), Post Graduate Diploma in HR (UCT), MBA (UKZN), and also a graduate of the Vodafone Global HR Excellence Program.

Matimba is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Vodacom Group. Prior to this role, he was Managing Executive: HR for Vodacom South Africa until April 2014. Matimba has worked within the Vodacom/Vodafone Group since 2003 during which he worked in various roles within HR. He subsequently spent 3 years on secondment to Vodafone as Regional Head of Organisational Effectiveness & Change, and Regional Head of Talent within the Africa, Middle East & Asia Pacific “AMAP” region. Prior to his assignment to the Vodafone AMAP Region, Matimba was responsible for Talent Management at Vodacom for six years where he successfully delivered the integration of our talent strategy into the Vodafone global strategy. His previous experience includes key HR roles in blue chip companies such as BMW South Africa and Unilever.

Matimba represents the Vodacom Employee Trust (‘Siyanda’) on the YeboYethu Board, he is also a Non-Executive Director for Vodacom Tanzania PLC, Vodacom Mozambique and Vodacom Lesotho. Matimba was appointed to the Unisa GSBL Advisory Board on the 1st of June 2020.

Qualifications: Masters in Law and Masters in Public Administration (Harvard), LLB and B. Proc (Wits)

Nkateko joined Vodacom as Chief Officer: Legal and Regulatory in September 2007. Prior to joining Vodacom, he held several positions at MTN, including Group Executive for Corporate Services where his responsibilities included Legal, Regulatory, Company Secretariat and the MTN Foundation. Nkateko was also CEO of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (“ICASA”). He was appointed to the Vodacom Group Executive Committee on 1 November 2010.

Qualifications: MBA from the London Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK).

Peter was appointed as a member of the Vodacom Group Executive Committee with effect August 2020.

Peter Ndegwa is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Safaricom PLC, a leading communications company in Africa and pioneer of M-PESA, the world’s most developed mobile payment system.

Peter joined Safaricom on April 1st, 2020. He is an experienced Board level leader with a wealth of experience in General Management, Commercial and Business Strategy, Sales and Finance Operations, having spent over 25 years in various roles within the Financial Services and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sectors in Africa and Europe.

He holds an MBA from the London Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK).

In his most recent role, Peter was responsible for Diageo PLC operations in 50 countries in Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Middle East and North Africa regions. Previously, he served as CEO in Guinness Nigeria PLC and Guinness Breweries PLC, transforming the two operations to deliver a double-digit growth by investing in people, introducing new brands and re-organising the businesses.

As a Chief Executive in several markets within the Diageo Group, Peter demonstrated ability to transform businesses and organisations to deliver superior results. He has a real passion for delivering value to customers (with his principle of customer first), investing in talent and getting things done.

Peter served for eight years across a range of senior Executive Director roles at East Africa Breweries Limited (a Diageo subsidiary) based in Nairobi. Serving as the Group Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Group Strategy Director, Sales Director, and as an Executive Director on the EABL Board, he was part of the team that saw the EABL business more than doubled in value – and winning the coveted Most Respected Business Award in East Africa for five years in a row.

Peter is credited with the development of an affordable-beer strategy for EABL resulting in the production of new brands such as Senator beer which became one of the of the most successful innovations by Diageo. He started his career at PwC, the global consulting firm, where he worked for 11 years. Peter draws his inspiration, in particular from his early upbringing laying the foundations for his strong value set, from his teachers and the legendary Dr Geoffrey Griffin - the late founder of Starehe Boys Centre- his alma mater, and his parents.

Qualifications: A graduate of the University of Maribor, is enrolled in an MBA program at IEDC Bled and has also studied at Harvard University, Boston in the United States and INSEAD.

Dejan was appointed as Chief Technology Officer for Vodacom Group and a member of the Vodacom Group Executive Committee with effect from August 2020. He was also appointed director of Vodacom Tanzania Pty Ltd, Vodacom Lesotho Pty Ltd, VM S.A. (Mozambique). Dejan joined Vodacom from Ooredoo Group where he served as Chief Technology and Information Officer for PT Indosat Ooredoo Tbk based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to this, he has served in senior executive roles for over 17 years in the telecommunications and ICT industry across Europe, Asia and Africa. During this time, he has held several senior executive leadership positions including CTIO at Mobiltel AD, Chief Technology Officer of AMIS Ltd, Cluster Executive Director, CTIO at Vip Mobile (A1) Ltd, and Delivery Manager at IBM CEE in the GTS division.

Qualifications: Bachelor of Law, a Masters of Law in International Trade & Investment Law, and is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, as well as a Notary Public and a Certified Public Secretary.

Stephen joined Vodacom as Chief External Affairs Officer: Vodacom Group in November 2021. Stephen has a deep background in Regulatory and Legal affairs. He is responsible for Group Regulatory, External and Corporate Affairs, which includes Public Policy, Communications, Media Relations, Group Corporate Social Investment (CSI) and Sustainability. The role covers all the Vodacom Group markets: DRC, Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania, and South Africa, as well as Vodafone Ghana. He will also support Safaricom PLC and Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC.

Stephen has a wealth of telecommunications professional experience spanning over 17 years in various organisations, including Vodafone Group UK. Prior to joining Vodacom, he joined Safaricom in 2006 as an In-House Counsel and would later rise to become the Senior Manager, Public Policy & Market Regulation until 2011 when he was appointed Head of Regulatory and Public Policy. In 2015, he became the Director, Corporate Affairs, a role that has since changed the title to Chief Corporate Affairs Officer which he held until November 2021.

Qualifications: (BSc (Honours) Chartered Accountant (England and Wales))

Sean joined Vodacom as Chief Officer: Mergers and Acquisitions and Business Development on 1 October 2022. Sean is a qualified chartered accountant with nearly 30 years of experience in international M&A, Strategy and Turnaround work both as a senior Investment Banker in the UK and South Africa and as CEO of UBS South Africa and Kore Potash, Australia. He joined Vodacom from EOH, where he was responsible for their M&A programme as well as heading up their NEXTEC division responsible for diverse businesses across a range of industries providing solutions that include operational technology, connectivity, power and water, financial services, logistics, staffing and training.

Qualifications: Mohamed holds a BA Degree in Commerce from Ain Shams University 1998.

Prior to being CEO, Mohamed held the position of Consumer Business Unit Director and a member of Vodafone Egypt’s Executive Committee. His scope includes consumer marketing, internet, pricing and planning, brand and communication, international and roaming, customer insight, customer value management, sales, and digital marketing. Prior to this, he was appointed as Enterprise Business Unit Director (EBU). As EBU Director, Mohamed was accountable for marketing, sales, technical and operational resources that looked after the Enterprise business in Egypt.

Mohamed joined Vodafone in October 1998 where he held several positions such as the Head of Enterprise Marketing, Head of Internet, VAS and Content, Head of Consumer Marketing, and most recently Head of Corporate Sales of Vodafone Egypt.

Qualifications: Master of Economics, University of Nanterre, Master in Business Management, ESCP Business School, MBA exchange program, University of Texas at Austin.

Murielle was appointed Chief Strategy & Commercial Office of Vodacom Group from 21 August 2023. Prior to this, Murielle worked for Vodafone Group Plc as Executive Business Director for Europe Cluster markets and Vodafone Business International from July 2021 to 31 March 2023. She has previously also held the positions of CEO and President of the board of Vodafone Romania (2017-2021) and Managing Director of Vodacom DRC (2014-2017).

Murielle has over 25 years of experience in general management, commercial (B2C & B2B), strategy and consulting experience in telecommunications across both African and European markets.