Executive Committee

Date of Birth:
4 July 1962

Qualifications:
BA (Econ) (UCLA); BA (Psychology) (UCLA); MBA (USC); MSc (Mgmt Science) (USC)

Titles:

• Chief executive officer and director of Altech
• Executive director of Altron
• Director of Altech Netstar, Altech Autopage Holdings, and various other subsidiaries of the Altech Group, both local and global
• Chairman of Altech’s executive committee, Altech Autopage Holdings, Arrow Altech Holdings, Altech Netstar, Altech Radio Holdings, Altech Multimedia, Altech Information Technologies, Altech NuPay and the Altech Academy
• Member of the Altron executive and risk management committees
• Member of the worldwide Young Presidents’ Organisation (YPO)

Experience:
23 years in senior management positions in the Altech Group.

Joined the Altech board in 1993.

Date of Birth:
13 January 1964
 
Qualifications: 
Engineering and business qualifications; MBA (Milpark Business School); Advanced executive programme (Northwest University in Chicago, USA).

Titles: 

• Chief operating officer of Altech

Experience:
Experience spanning various industries, including the media, electronics, engineering and automotive sectors. Among his many senior management roles, Mr Savage has previously been managing director at Genrec Engineering; and Hall Longmore, structural steel fabricators and pipe manufacturing companies respectively. (Genrec Engineering and Hall Longmore are part of the Murray and Roberts Group). He also held the position of chief executive at Avis Fleet Services, where he was responsible for the entire Southern Africa cluster. 

Joined Altech in 2013.
 

Date of Birth:
19 January 1950 

Qualifications: 
BCom (Hons); MCom; PhD; CA(SA)  

Titles:      

• Chief financial officer and executive director of Altech
• Chairman of the audit committee of various local and global group subsidiaries
• Chairman of the risk committee of various local and global group subsidiaries
• Director of various other local and global group subsidiaries
• Member of Altech's business risk and executive committees and a director of the Altech Academy board
• Trustee of the Altron Pension Fund and the Altron Medical Aid Scheme      

Experience: 
27 years in electronics, telecommunications and power electrical industries. Previously in the auditing profession and academic field.

Joined the Altech board in 1996.

Date of Birth:
19 May 1946

Qualifications:
MA (Oxon)

Titles:

• Non-executive director of Altech: Corporate Finance
• Non-executive director of Altron

Experience:
40 years in merchant banking and corporate finance activities in South Africa and abroad. Re-joined the Altron group in 1997, having previously served as an executive director from 1983 - 1986.

Joined the Altech board in 2000.

Qualifications:
National Dipl (Personnel Mngt); National Higher Dipl (Personnel Mngt); MDP (UNISA); B. Tech (HR Mngt)(Technicon SA); DPLR (UNISA); Advanced Management Programme (Harvard Business School)

Titles:

• Group executive: Corporate services and operations
• Member of the South African board for personnel management practitioners  
• Director of studies for the Altech Academy
• Trustee of the Altron group provident fund  

Joined Altech in 2001.  

Qualifications:
BCom (Communications); CPRP

Titles:

• Group Executive: Marketing, public relations and communications

Experience:
14 years local and international experience in Public Relations, Reputation Management, Corporate Communications and Corporate Advertising in the telecommunications, consulting and gaming industries.

Joined Altech in 2010

Qualifications:
MBA Executive Program, Management, Ecenomics and Advertising; PhD in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics; MSc Computer Science, Network Management Systems; BSc Honors in Data Communications; BSc Computer Science, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Chemistry

Titles:

• Chief technology and chief strategic officer

Experience:
A respected systems engineer with more than 20 years of technology experience.

Joined Altech in 2011.
 
 

• Group Executive: Government liaison & regulatory