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.
Read also: Neotel CFO quits after Homix scandal
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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