Board of Directors


 Jens  Montanana
Chief Executive Officer,  Age 50 (British)
Date of appointment 06 October 1994

Jens is the founder and principal architect of Datatec, established in 1986. Between 1989 and 1993 Jens served as managing director and vice-president of US Robotics (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Robotics Inc. which was acquired by 3Com. In 1993 he co-founded US start-up Xedia Corporation in Boston, MA, an early pioneer of network switching and one of the market leaders in IP bandwidth management, which was subsequently sold to Lucent Corporation. In 1994 Jens became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Datatec which listed on the JSE Limited in November 1994 and on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange in 2006. Jens is also Chairman of the 100% owned subsidiary company Logicalis, a role he assumed in March 2007. He has previously served on the boards and subcommittees of various public companies, and currently serves as chairman of Corero plc, an AIM listed software security business.




Ivan  Dittrich
Chief Financial Officer,  Age 38 (South African)
Date of appointment 01 March 2008

Ivan is a chartered accountant and has been with Datatec for the past 12 years. Ivan was appointed as Group Finance Director on 1 May 2008. Previously, he was Group Corporate Director and Group Company Secretary for five years, as well as Corporate Finance Manager. Ivan successfully managed the Group’s dual listing in London during 2006. Prior to joining Datatec, Ivan worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in London.




Stephen  Davidson
Independent Non-Executive Chairman,  Age 55 (British)
Date of appointment 01 February 2007

Stephen Davidson is Chairman of Datatec Limited, Enteraction TV Limited, Digital Marketing Group plc and Mecom Group plc. He is also a non-executive director of Inmarsat plc and EBT Mobile China plc.




Chris  Seabrooke
Independent Non-Executive Director,  Age 58 (South African)
Date of appointment 06 October 1994

Chris has over the years been a director of over 20 stock exchange-listed companies. He is currently CEO of Sabvest Limited, chairman of Metrofile Holdings Limited and deputy chairman of Massmart Holdings Limited. He is also a director of Net1 UEPS Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq/JSE) and Brait SA (Luxembourg/ JSE). He is a former chairman of the South African State Theatre and former deputy chairman of the inaugural board of the National Arts Council of South Africa.




Funke  Ighodaro
Independent Non-Executive Director,  Age 48 (Nigerian/British)
Date of appointment 01 September 2010

Funke is currently the chief financial officer of Tiger Brands Limited. She was previously CFO of the Primedia Group, a position she held for 10 years. Prior to this, she was an executive director of Kagiso Trust Investment Company Limited and worked in the corporate finance division of Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank. Funke qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PriceWaterhouse London, where she spent a total of 10 years in audit and tax and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.




John  Mc Cartney
Independent Non-Executive Director,  Age 58 (American)
Date of appointment 16 July 2007

John was previously a non-executive director of Datatec from 11 May 1998 to 30 September 2002 and was reappointed in July 2007. John was formerly president and chief operating officer for US Robotics which he joined in 1984, as well as president of 3Com Corporation’s Client Access Unit. John serves on the boards of Huron Consulting Group (chairman), AM Castle Corporation and Covance, Inc., and is also a non-executive director of Westcon Group and a member of Westcon’s Financial Reporting and Compliance Committee.




Nick  Temple
Independent Non-Executive Director,  Age 63 (British)
Date of appointment 01 October 2002

Nick has had a distinguished career at IBM, serving for 30 years in various positions around the world. He was one of IBM’s most senior international executives. He currently serves as a director of a number of LSE-listed companies including DataCash and 4imprint. Nick is also the chairman of a number of privately owned companies.




Professor Wiseman  Nkuhlu
Independent Non-Executive Director,  Age 67 (South African)
Date of appointment 01 September 2006

Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu is the president of the International Organisation of Employers, chancellor of the University of Pretoria, chairman of N M Rothschild & Sons (SA), and a director of AngloGold Ashanti Limited. He is chairman of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Risk and Information Integrity Committee of AngloGold Ashanti Limited.