Seacom appoints new CEO
Telecommunications group Seacom has appointed Alpheus Mangale as its new group chief executive officer, effective 1 April 2023.
Mangale will be replacing outgoing CEO, Oliver Fortuin, who will work with the new business lead for three months to ensure a smooth transition.
Fortuin served as Seacom CEO for just over two years, having been appointed in February 2021 after former CEO, Byron Clatterbuck, resigned.
Mangale has over 25 years’ experience across the enterprise, telecoms, financial services and technology markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
He previously spent 16 years at Dimension Data Group (now NTT), where he held various senior leadership roles, including Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Client
Experience Director across Africa and the Middle East.
He also held the roles of Managing Director for Cisco Systems South Africa and Chief Enterprise Officer for MTN Business in South Africa.
Mangale’s most recent role was Group Chief Engineering Officer for Standard Bank across all their markets.
“I am delighted to join Seacom at this critical time in Africa’s digital transformation and the business’ own transformation. I look forward to continuing to drive the strategy that has set the company on becoming a Pan-African converged telecommunications organisation,” he said.
“Much has been achieved in the past two years, and I am excited to be part of a truly African business as we expand our services and geographic footprint further.”
Seacom chair, Pieter Uys, said that Mangale will lead the group’s strategy of expanding in Africa.
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