TELKOM said on Wednesday that it has appointed the head of its consumer business, Serame Taukobong to be group Chief Executive Officer designate with effect from October 1.
Taukobong, who is also a group Executive Committee Member, replaces Sipho Maseko who will step down at the end of June next year.
Taukobong joined Telkom in June 2018 and has extensive experience in telecommunications having spent about 10 years at rival MTN Group, where he held several senior roles which included Chief Operating Officer and later CEO of MTN Ghana, Telkom said.
As CEO of the Telkom Consumer Business, the mobile business customer base grew three-folds to 15 million and its revenue almost doubled to R20 billion rand within a three year period, Telkom said in a statement.
Telkom Mobile has been on a profitable path, evidenced by the unit’s stellar performance recorded in the quarter ended 30 June.
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