Chris JJ Krüger (62)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Appointed on 27 October 2000

Chris is a successful entrepreneur and has an indepth knowledge of the telecommunications infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. Chris started ACTOWERS in 1999 and since its listing in 2006, has been the Chief Executive Officer as well as fulfilling the function of Chairman. He has over 40 years of experience in the engineering industry and 18 years’ experience in telecommunication hardware.

Jacques de Villiers (40)
Financial Director
Appointed on 6 October 2006

Jacques has a BCom (Hons) and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1995 and completed his MCom (Business Management) at Johannesburg University (previously RAU) in 2002. He joined De Villiers Myburgh Inc. in 1996 and was appointed as a director in 1999. Jacques consulted in the telecommunications industry from 1996 to 1999 for Telkom Limited and acted as the financial project leader for the planning, building and implementation of the ICO Global Mobile Satellite Hub for southern Africa. He has been involved in the financial planning and modelling of the SAT3/SAFE underwater communication cable that runs from Portugal to Malaysia via South Africa.

Nick WJ van der Mescht (49)
Operations Director
Appointed on 1 June 2010

Nick, who headed up the Power Lines business unit, has now been appointed as Operations Director for all the business units, except for the Equipment Shelters operation, within the Group. During his career he served in various corporate companies such as Eskom Holdings Limited, Howden Group Limited and Babcock in various positions ranging from Quality Assurance Manager, Production Manager, Project Manager to General Manager. Nick holds a National Technical Certificate (5), Production Management Diploma, Export Management Diploma, Advanced Project Management Diploma and a Management Diploma from Wits Business School (MAP). Since November 2006 he has served as Chairman of the Hot Dip Galvanizing Association of South Africa and regularly participates in industry forums such as the South African Institute for Steel Construction and the Institute for Steel Fabricators of South Africa.

David M van Staden (35)
Sales and Marketing Director
Appointed on 6 October 2006

David has a diploma in Quantity Surveying and Project Management. Since 1999 he was the Project Manager for the Group. David was previously the Operations Director of Cellular Towers of ACTOWERS and has been appointed as Sales and Marketing Director of all the business units, except for JK Shelters, in order for him to dedicate his time on the sales and marketing function, with effect from 1 June 2010.

Mitesh M Patel (36)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 9 September 2008

Mitesh Patel is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Risk Committee, and a member of the Remuneration Committee. Mitesh is a Chartered Accountant and has a BCompt Honours in financial accounting, financial management, taxation and auditing. Mitesh is currently a managing partner at Nkonki Incorporated and further acts as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman for JSE listed companies Stratcorp Limited, African Dawn Capital Limited and PSV Holdings Limited.

Vuyisa Nkonyeni (40)
Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 19 Feburary 2009

Vuyisa, who represents TisoGroup, is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Risk Committee. He has a BSc (Inf. Proc), BSc (Hons), Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting, CA (SA). He is a former associate at Deutsche Bank Corporate Finance where he gained investment banking experience primarily in corporate and project finance advisory work. Prior to joining TisoGroup, he was the Financial Director of Worldwide African Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited and director at Actis LLP.

Martin M Potgieter (35)
Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 2 March 2009

Martin was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 2 March 2009 but now serves as a nonexecutive director with effect from 1 June 2010. Martin was a member of the Audit Committee while he was independent, and is still a member of the Risk and Remuneration Committees. Martin is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (UK) and a CFA charter holder and works in the Principal Investments division of Rand Merchant Bank (RMB). Prior to joining RMB in early 2008 he spent more than five years working for Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson) in London, where he focused on private equity investing and consulting. In 2007 he was a senior member of a team that advised on US$2 billion of global private equity investments. He qualified as an actuary in 2001 while working for Alexander Forbes, which he joined in 1997 from the University of Pretoria.