New execs for Neotel

Johannesburg

- Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, has

added two new members to Neotel’s leadership team in South Africa.

This

follows its R6.5 billion buyout of what was meant to be SA’s second national

operator in the middleof last year. Neotel had previously seen the bulk of its executives depart over a scandal.

Raj

Jandu has been appointed Neotel CFO while Michael Allschwang has been appointed

Neotel’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Liquid says in a statement issued on

Tuesday. They form part of a new leadership team that will oversee major

investment in Neotel’s networks and services after the company officially

joined the Liquid Telecom Group in February.

Raj

joins Neotel from Liquid Telecom, where he has been CFO for the east Africa

region since 2013, overseeing the financial management and growth of the

company’s operations in several key markets.

Previously

serving as CFO of Altech Technologies in east Africa for five years, he made

the switch to Liquid Telecom after it acquired Altech’s networks assets, which

included operations in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and the DRC. Prior to that he

served as Finance Manager for Sameer Investments, as well as Senior manager for

Budgeting and Budget Control at du in Dubai.

“I am

delighted to be joining the Neotel management team as we look to strengthen the

company’s finances and significantly grow its market share across South

Africa,” says Jandu.

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Meanwhile,

Allschwang brings deep local and regional market expertise to the Neotel

management team, having previously worked for African mobile network operator

Vodacom, the company says. During his 13 years with Vodacom, Michael held the

position of Corporate Sales Director for the Group, as well as serving as

Managing Executive for Vodacom Business. Over the last two years, he has worked

as Group CEO for South African sustainable solutions provider The Green-Co.

“I’m

looking forward to working with Neotel’s growing base of corporate and enterprise

customers over the coming months, which are set to see some big changes to our

service portfolio, network reach and customer service,” says Allschwang.

Read also:  Econet wraps up R6.55bn Neotel deal

Liquid made the bid to create the continent’s largest

broadband network and business-to-business telecommunications service.

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