Altech announces appointment of Mr. Moss Leoka as Altech Board Chairman

Altech announces appointment of Mr. Moss Leoka as Altech Board Chairman:

JSE-listed Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. ML (Moss) Leoka as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Leoka, a Director since 1998, will replace Dr. Hilton Davies, who has resigned as Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Leoka is a respected business leader with extensive executive management experience at some of South Africa’s leading corporations, including Tiger Oats, JSE Securities Exchange, Standard Bank Investment Corporation, KPMG and Alliance Capital.

He is currently Executive Director of Harrison and White Investments (Pty) Ltd, a diversified South African industrial group and a director of the following companies: Allied Technologies Limited (Altech), Moya Eco-Power (Pty) Ltd, Breeze Power (Pty) Ltd, Superlift (Pty) Ltd, and Sectional Poles (Pty) Ltd.  (The last four being subsidiaries of Harrison and White).

He has served on the boards of ABSA Bank (S. Tvl.), Airports Company SA, Cadbury, CNA Gallo, African Merchant Bank, Small Business Development Corp., National Sorghum Breweries, Gerling General Insurance, The Southern Africa Fund Inc. (New York) and Alliance Capital.

He is a past president of the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce & Industry and a past Vice President of the South African Chamber of Business (SACOB) and he chaired the business committee of the United States – South Africa Bi-National Commission.

He holds a B.A. (Economics) degree from the University of The North and diplomas in finance, marketing and business management.