OUR LEADERSHIP

Our Directors

The full curriculum vitae of each Board Director is available online: here.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Adv Sandile Nogxina (63)

Independent Non-executive director

Effective date of appointment:
9 November 2018

Chairman of the Board

  • PhD Law Public Governance and Development Management
  • Advocate of the High Court 
  • Bachelor of Law
  • Post Graduate Diploma: Management
  • Higher Diploma: Tax Law 
  • Masters of Law: Law Development

Nosizwe Nokwe-Macamo (60)

Lead Independent Director

Effective date of appointment:
1 September 2018

  • MSc Chemical Engineering
  • Diploma: Chemical Engineering

Dr Kgabo Badimo (62)

Independent Non-executive Director

Effective date of appointment:
6 August 2020

  • PhD Information Systems Knowledge Management
  • MSc Data Engineering
  • BSc Computer Science
  • Diploma in Business Administration
  • Diploma in French Language

Kemira Esterhuizen (33)

Independent Non-executive Director

Effective date of appointment:
19 December 2019

  • CA (SA)
  • BCom Accounting

Dudu Hlatshwayo (58)

Independent Non-executive Director

Effective date of appointment:
6 August 2020

  • BSocSc (Honours)
  • Masters in Business Leadership

Pascalis Mokupo (53)

Independent Non-executive Director

Effective date of appointment:
1 September 2018

  • CA (L)

Ntombifuthi Zikalala Mvelase (57)

Independent Non-executive Director

Effective date of appointment:
1 September 2018

  • BProc
  • LLB
  • Attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Irvin Phenyane (53)

Independent Non-executive Director

Effective date of appointment:
1 September 2018

  • BSc
  • Master of Management
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Management

Yershen Pillay (38)

Independent Non-executive Director

Effective date of appointment:
1 September 2018

  • MBA
  • BSocSc Politics and Economics

Graeme Victor (66)

Independent Non-executive Director

Effective date of appointment:
15 December 2019

  • CA(SA) 
  • BSc Civil Engineering 
  • MSc Construction Engineering and Project Management 
  • MEng Construction Engineering and Project Management 
  • BCom Hons

Mpumi Z Mpofu (56)

Executive Director

Effective date of appointment:
1 February 2020

Chief Executive Officer

  • Postgraduate Degree of Town Planning
  • BA Honours Urban and Regional Planning

Siphamandla Mthethwa (45)

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Effective date of appointment:
1 May 2020

Chief Financial Officer

  • CA (SA)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting/CTA
  • BCompt Hons
  • BCom Accounting

Fefekazi Sefara (47)

Company Secretary

Effective date of appointment:
1 July 2018

  • LLM
  • LLB
  • B Iuris
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Interpretation and Drafting of Contracts
  • Admitted Attorney of the High Court

Director Demographics

Our Executive Committee

Mpumi Z Mpofu (56)

Chief Executive Officer

Effective date of appointment:
1 February 2020

Executive Director

  • Postgraduate Degree of Town Planning
  • BA Honours, Urban and Regional Planning

Siphamandla Mthethwa (45)

Chief Financial Officer

Effective date of appointment:
1 May 2020

Executive Director

  • CA (SA)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting/CTA
  • BCompt Hons
  • BCom Accounting

Refentse Shinners (45)

Group Executive:
Corporate Affairs
  • BTech Public Relations Management
  • National Diploma Public Relations Management


Left the Company during the reporting period

Jabulani Khambule (49)

Group Executive:
Commercial
  • NQF Level 8
  • National Diploma Retail Management


Was GE: Commercial, now RGM: O.R. Tambo International Airport

Charles Shilowa (50)

Group Executive:
Business Development
  • BSc Chemistry
  • BSc Chemical Engineering
  • MBA
  • Higher Diploma (HDip) (Tax)


Was GE: Business Development, now GE: Strategy and Sustainability

Lungile Langa (44)

Group Executive:
Human Resources
  • BA
  • Masters Diploma in Human Resources
  • Management
  • BA (Hons) Industrial Psychology
  • MPhil Industrial Psychology

Badisa Matshego (45)

Group Executive:
Infrastructure Asset Management
  • B.Sc Civil Engineering


Left the Company during the reporting period

Mthoko Mncwabe (44)

Chief Information Officer
  • BSc Computer Science, Mathematics
  • BSc Hons Computer Science
  • MBA

Bongiwe Mbomvu (55)

Group Executive:
Governance and Assurance
  • BSocSci
  • LLB
  • LLM
  • Admitted Attorney of the High Court


Left the Company during the reporting period

Mzwandile Petros (62)

Group Executive:
Enterprise Security
  • Advanced Diploma in Public Administration
  • Secondary Teachers Diploma

Terence Delomoney (54)

Group Executive:
Operations Management
  • BCom Accounting
  • CA (SA)

Laurene Less (56)

Group Executive:
Corporate Services
  • BA
  • Masters Public Administration

Sithembiso Ngwenya (40)

Chief Audit and Risk Officer
  • CA (SA)
  • BCom Hons Accounting


ABOUT OUR BOARD

The Board is structured as required by our Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) and the roles and responsibilities of the Directors are set out in the Board Charter, which was reviewed during the reporting period.

As an entity, the Board holds the overall responsibility for the leadership, control and performance of the Company in line with legislation, regulation and best practice. Each Board member has a fiscal and fiduciary responsibility to act in good faith and in the best interests of the Company and all of its stakeholders.

The Board delegates certain responsibilities to the Committees of the Board without abdicating any of its responsibilities. There are five permanent Committees and one ad hoc Committee. The five permanent Committees met as scheduled and the details of their activities are provided below. The ad hoc Board Economic Regulation Committee only meets as required and did not meet during the reporting period. Each Committee operates within formal terms of reference, which were reviewed during the reporting period.

The Board is satisfied that the delegation of authority framework provides role clarity and supports the effective exercise of authority and responsibilities.

DIVERSITY

The Board embraces gender, ethnic, race and age diversity as a prerequisite for ensuring its continuing relevance and effectiveness in a complex business landscape. Our shareholders, who are responsible for nomination and appointment of Board members, recognise the need for diversity and support its application.

In addition, a diverse and inclusive culture is embedded within the Board. Our Directors are confident that robust discussion results in the deliberation of wide-ranging views and that, as directors, they serve in an environment where bias, discrimination and harassment are not tolerated.

The majority of Board members are independent directors, as recommended by King IV.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Board members are appointed based on their knowledge and experience, providing the broad base of skills necessary to achieve the company’s objectives. The capacity of individual members continues to be enhanced on an ongoing basis with skills that are directly relevant to the business. These include competencies in aviation, law, policy, strategy, finance, corporate finance, accounting, auditing, economic regulation, governance, asset and risk management, stakeholder relationship management, international relations, and information and communications technology (ICT), among others.

BOARD EVALUATION

The annual Board evaluation was conducted as scheduled. This included an assessment of the Board as a whole as well as assessments of the Chairman of the Board, the individual Directors, the Board Committees and the Chairpersons of the Board Committees.

The evaluation of the Board covered the application of governance principles in the following areas of activity:

  • Board attributes and culture
  • Ethical culture and conduct
  • Board meetings and processes
  • Risk Management
  • Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance;
  • Oversight over the ACSA Strategy
  • Information and Communication Technology
  • Stakeholder management
  • Role of the Chairman
  • Role of the Chief Executive Officer
  • Role of the Company Secretary
  • Board induction, orientation and development
  • Individual director assessment (peer review).

Some development areas were identified, including cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, ESG framework implementation, risk sensing and scenario modelling. There were, however, many areas in which there had been improvement, including stakeholder management, the level of reporting to the various committees and the implementation of a succession planning process. The Board, together with management, also needs to consider assessing in-house skills as a number of employees were lost during the severance package process that was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The performance of the Committees of the Board was also evaluated and they were found to have effectively discharged their roles and responsibilities.

The office of the Company Secretariat continues to provide unfettered guidance and support to the Board and the Committees. The CEO continues to ensure the effective implementation of the strategy and related strategic objectives.

The Board and the Committees of the Board will continue to focus on the following critical areas during the current period (FY2023):

  • Financial sustainability and recovery
  • Business competitiveness
  • Risk management
  • Revenue diversification
  • Innovation
  • Cybersecurity
  • Aviation
  • Succession planning
  • ESG

Further details relating to these focus areas are available in the ACSA Governance and Remuneration Report for 2022.