CANAL+ is proud to unveil its new leadership team for combined businesses in Africa.
Calvo Mawela, outgoing CEO of MultiChoice, is appointed as Chairman of CANAL+ Africa, which now includes MultiChoice Group and the whole of Africa including French speaking territories.
David Mignot is appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of this new combined entity. The newly formed top management team is drawn from the two companies’ combined talent pool, with CANAL+ and MultiChoice each contributing an equal number of senior executives.
Congratulating the new management team, David Mignot, CEO for Africa, said: “𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝. 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒, ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦."
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
The new leadership will operate as a single management team covering the entire African continent, structured into three divisions: 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (TV and Fiber activities), 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, and 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
The new CANAL+ Africa Leadership team is:
- David Mignot, CEO, Africa
- Nicolas Dandoy, CFO, Africa
- Aziz Diallo, CEO, PayTV French-speaking Africa
- Byron Du Plessis, CEO, PayTV South Africa
- Fhulufhelo "Fhulu" Badugela” Badugela, CEO, PayTV Rest of Africa
- Jean-François Duboy, CEO, GVA
- Hennie Visser, Director, Business Operations, Africa
- Fahmeeda Cassim Surtee, CEO, Advertising and Media Sales, Africa
- Fabrice Faux, Director, Content, Sport and General Entertainment French-speaking Africa
- Nomsa Philiso, Director, Content, General Entertainment, English and Portuguese-speaking Africa
- Rendani Ramovha, Director, Content, Sport, English and Portuguese-speaking Africa
- Clément HELLICH PRAQUIN-Praquin, General Secretary, Africa
- Jean-Christophe Ramos, Director, Public Affairs French-speaking Africa
- Dr. Keabetswe Modimoeng (PhD), Director, Public Affairs English and Portuguese-speaking Africa
- Michel Sibony, Chief Value Officer, Africa
- Karim Bouzid, Director, Integration, Africa
- Hala SAAB, Director, Communication, Africa
- Sabelo Mawali, Chief Technology Officer, Africa
- Tshepiso Malatjie Malatjie, Director, Human Resources, Africa
In addition, Steven Budlendler has been appointed General Counsel, English-speaking Africa and Group special adviser: Common Law. Tim Jacobs has been appointed Director, Group synergies in Finance department.