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City Press reports that eleven persons, among them three Transnet executives, are on the list of candidates being considered to replace the state-owned logistics company’s fired chief executive officer (CEO) Siyabonga Gama.
Three sources privy to the CEO search process said interviews were conducted on 13 August by the Transnet board – with the assistance of independent and external experts professor Nick Binedell from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (Gibs) and Nosipho Damasane, former CEO of Richards Bay Coal Terminal. “The process included a competency-based interview process and personality assessment to identify leadership strengths and developmental areas. As matters stand, one of them is expected to be announced as the CEO of Transnet,” one source indicated. The two other sources said Patrick Dlamini of the Development Bank of SA and former Transnet executive Simo Lushaba were leading candidates to replace Gama. The others on the list include acting Transnet CEO Mohammed Mahomedy, acting chief operating officer Richard Vallihu and chief customer officer Mike Fanucchi. External candidates are Dlamini, Lushaba, Dolly Mokgatle, Nompumelelo Mpofu, Karl Socikwa, Billy Mawasha, Tobias Becker and Devan Pillay. Gama was fired in October following a protracted legal battle with the Transnet board after he was implicated in the irregular procurement of the 1 064 locomotives.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Abram Mashego on page 6 of City Press of 17 November 2019
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