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Cobus Stofberg
began his affiliation with the Naspers group
in 1985. He has held a variety of positions, including
chief operating officer, within the MIH Holdings group
of companies. Prior to this, Mr. Stofberg served as director
of NetHold, NetMed and NetHold group companies. Currently,
he is chief executive officer and a director of MIH BV.
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CFO MIH |
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Steve Ward joined
the Naspers group in 2000. Prior to this, Mr. Ward was
a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 13 years, where
he advised multinational companies. He is a Fellow of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales and is a Dutch Registered Accountant. Mr. Ward
is chief financial officer of MIH Holdings and a director
of MIH BV and several other group companies, and serves
as an alternate director for SuperSport and M-Net. |
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Group Counsel MIH |
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Andre Coetzee has
been a legal advisor to the MIH group and associated
companies since 1985. Before joining the Naspers group,
Dr. Coetzee was a partner at Mallinicks Attorneys from
1984 to 1999. In June 1999 he became the MIH group’s
general counsel. |
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Chief Investment Officer |
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Mark Sorour is
a qualified Chartered Accountant who previously held
various positions in the audit and corporate finance
divisions of PricewaterhouseCoopers. After qualifying
he spent 5 years as an investment banker. In 1994 he
joined MIH, the international division of the Naspers
group, where he headed up business development throughout
Africa, the Middle East, Thailand, China, Europe, USA
and Asia. This included being relocated to Hong Kong
and the Netherlands as corporate finance and acquisitions
general manager. With the restructure of the Naspers
group in 2002, Mark returned with his family to Cape
Town as Chief Investment Officer, heading up the corporate
finance and M&A function for the Naspers and MIH
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CEO Pay Television
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Jim Volkwyn began
his career with the Naspers group in 1993 as finance
manager of M-Net, where he remained until 1995. From
1996 to 1997, he was chief operating officer and finance
manager of MultiChoice Africa. Subsequently, Mr. Volkwyn
was chief executive officer of MultiChoice Africa for
three years, where he remains on the board of directors.
In 2000, he was appointed chief executive officer of
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CEO MultiChoice
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Nolo Letele joined
M-Net in 1990 and has held a number of senior positions
within the MIH group. Prior to that he was a broadcasting
engineer at the Lesotho National Broadcasting Service.
Currently he is CEO of MultiChoice South Africa. |
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CEO M-Net |
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Glen Marques
began his career with the
Naspers group in 1997 as director of business development
for SuperSport International Holdings Limited and in
1999 he was appointed chief operations officer of SuperSport.
Prior to joining the group, he worked as senior legal
adviser to the South African Independent Broadcasting
Authority and executive director of the National Association
of Broadcasters. He was appointed as M-Net chief executive
officer in May 2000. |
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CEO SuperSport South
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Imtiaz Patel
joined SuperSport in 2000 as Director of Enterprises.
Prior to joining the group he was Director of Professional
Cricket at the United Cricket Board (UCB), having held
several positions at the UCB since 1991. He serves
on the boards of Natal Sharks, Free State Rugby and
Griqualand West Rugby, as well as Centurion Park Investments,
Dolphins and Western Province Cricket. He is chief
executive officer of SuperSport United Football Club
and a member of the Premier Soccer League board. He
is also secretary of the National Transformation Monitoring
Committee of the United Cricket Board. In March 2005
he was appointed CEO of SuperSport South Africa. |
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CEO MultiChoice Africa
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Eben Greyling
joined the MIH group in 1996 as group financial manager
of MultiChoice. In 1997 he was appointed general manager
operations and in 1999 CFO of MultiChoice. In 2000
he became CFO of MIH pay-television platforms, a position
he held until his appointment as CEO of MultiChoice
Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005. Eben is a Chartered Accountant
and completed his articles at Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
He held various positions in the audit and corporate
finance division of
PricewaterhouseCoopers until 1995. |
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CEO NetMed (Greece
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Sheryl Raine
began her affiliation with the Naspers Group
in 1991 when she was appointed programme director of
M-Net. She then moved to The Netherlands where she
held the position of managing director of NetHold Electronic
Media. She moved to Greece in 1997, first as CEO of
the Digital Pay-TV Platform and was appointed CEO of
the overall NetMed operations in Greece and Cyprus
in October 1997. |
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Kim Reid began his career with Naspers in 2000. He was the chief financial officer of MultiChoice before being appointed the chief executive officer of M-Web in 2003. Prior to joining the Naspers group, he held managerial positions at Barlows Limited, the Gary Player group and Sony Music. Kim now heads up MIH’s Mobile Television Platform business. |
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CEO Internet Operations |
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Antonie Roux
joined the Naspers group in 1979 and was a founding member of M-Net in 1985.
In 1997, Mr. Roux was appointed chief executive officer of M-Web South Africa.
Currently, he is chief executive officer of internet operations, a position he
has held since 2002. |
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CEO M-Web South Africa |
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Rudi Jansen completed a B.Compt (Hons) degree at Unisa in 1990 where after he qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA). He joined Coopers & Lybrand (now known as PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in 1990 and after completing articles in 2003, continued his career including a secondment to the Cayman Islands. In 1996 he joined MIH Holdings Limited and MCell Limited, as Group Management Accountant. During 1997, as one of MWEB's first employees, Rudi joined MWEB as head of finance. During 2003 to 2005 Rudi was the CFO of MIH's Internet segment and rejoined MWEB in 2005 as CEO of the ISP Division (MWEB). |
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CEO Tencent (QQ) (China) |
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Ma Hauteng is one of the core founders that started the Tencent
Group in 1999. Prior to his current position, Mr. Ma
was in charge of research and development for Internet
paging systems at China Motion Telecom, a supplier
of telecommunications products and services in China.
Mr. Ma holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Applications)
obtained from Shenzhen University in 1993. Currently,
he is an executive director and Chairman of Tencent
Holdings Limited. |
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CEO M-Web Thailand |
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Torboon Puangmaha holds
an MBA from the Pennysylvania State University. He joined M-Web Thailand in
2005. Prior to that he held various senior management
positions in online communications businesses including
KSC Commercial Internet Co. Ltd, Digital Wave Co.
Ltd, Meet World Trade (Thailand) Company Limited, Thailand.com
and Digital Asset Company Limited |
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CEO Irdeto |
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Graham Kill
expanded his responsibilities from chief financial officer and operations director
of Irdeto to chief executive officer in August 1998. Previous positions include
business development associate at NetHold and FilmNet, and various management
positions in UK-based companies. |
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CEO Entriq |
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Jan Steenkamp has
been with the Naspers group since 1985 serving in various
management positions until he became chief executive
officer of OpenTV in 1997. Mr. Steenkamp served as chairman
of OpenTV until the group sold its interest in OpenTV
in August 2002. Currently, he is the CEO of Entriq. |
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CEO Print Media Operations |
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Hein Brand joined
the Naspers group in 1998 as finance executive. He is
a former financial director of Bonnita (Proprietary)
Ltd. He is a former chief executive officer of Via Afrika
and financial director of Media24. He was appointed as
chief executive of Media24 in April 2005. |
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CEO Media24 Newspapers |
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Francois Groepe joined the Anglovaal Group in 1992. In 1995 he joined the South African subsidiary
of the international re-insurer, Swiss Re and was later appointed as CFO. In
2002 he was transferred to the company’s head-office in Zurich, Switzerland,
where he was senior group controller for the Life and Health Business Group.
In August 2003 he returned to South Africa to take up the position of CFO at
Media24. Currently he is CEO of Media24 Newspapers. |
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Patricia Scholtemeyer
began her career with the Naspers group in 2000 as
the publisher of Media24’s woman’s magazines.
Prior to joining the Naspers group, she was chief executive
of trade and business titles at Johnnic Communication
Limited. Currently she is CEO of Media24 Magazines,
a division of Media24. |
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CEO Paarl Media |
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Stephen van der
Walt began his career with the Naspers group
in 2000 as group financial director of Paarl Media
Holdings. In 2004 he was appointed chief operating
officer of Paarl Media Holdings, and in 2005 chief
executive officer of Paarl Media Holdings. |
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MD Via Afrika |
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Musa Shezi joined the Naspers group in 2000, when he was appointed managing director of
the National Education Group (NEG). Dr. Shezi started his career as a teacher
in KwaZulu-Natal, subsequently becoming headmaster and executive president of
the KwaZulu-Natal National Teachers' Union. He is a member of several boards
of directors, including vice president of the South African Institute of Race
Relations. He was appointed managing director of the Via Afrika group in 2005. |
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Editor-In-Chief and Chairman of the Board |
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Roberto Civita is founder and publisher of VEJA magazine since 1968, Mr. Civita became President and Editor-in-Chief of Abril in 1990 and has been Board Chairman since 2001. Born in Milan in 1936, he holds a dual degree in journalism and economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. |
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COO and Vice President of the Board |
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Giancarlo Civita started at Abril in 1982 as a trainee at the group's printing works. In 1990 he became TVA Programming Director, followed by General Director of MTV, Vice President of the Thematic Unit, Vice President of the Entertainment Division and Vice President of the Youth Unit. In February 2003, he left his executive functions within the group to become Vice Chairman of Abril's Board of Directors and start his own business. He has a Bachelor's degree from ESPM and a post-graduate diploma from Harvard Business School. |
