Board of Directors


 Jens  Montanana
Chief Executive Officer,  Age 48 (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 sub-committees of various public companies.




Chris  Seabrooke
Independent Non-Executive Director,  Age 56 (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 Setpoint Group Limited and Metroile 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 director of a number of unlisted companies including Primedia Holdings 1 Limited and Mineworkers Investment Company (Pty) Limited, and is Chairman of Alternative Equity Partners Fund 1. 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.




John  Mc Cartney
Independent Non-Executive Director,  Age 56 (American)
Date of appointment 16 July 2007

John was previously a non-executive director of Datatec from 11 May 1998 to 30 September 2002. John is chairman of Westcon Group, Inc. since 1 October 2002 to date. John is chairman of the Board of A. M. Castle Corp. (NYSE), a specialty steel distributor based near Chicago, IL. John was formerly president and chief operating oficer for US Robotics, as well as president of 3Com Corporation’s Client Access Unit. He joined the executive management team of US Robotics in 1984. John is also a director of Federal Signal Corporation and Huron Consulting Group, and Covance, Inc.




Nick  Temple
Independent Non-Executive Director,  Age 61 (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 Electrocomponents, DataCash and 4imprint, the latter as non-executive chairman. Nick is also the chairman of a number of privately owned companies.




Professor Wiseman  Nkuhlu
Independent Non-Executive Director,  Age 65 (South African)
Date of appointment 01 September 2006

Wiseman, who was trained as a chartered accountant and who served articles with PricewaterhouseCoopers, currently serves as chairman of Pan-African Capital Holdings (Pty) Limited and holds directorships with Kagiso Trust Investments and AngloGold Ashanti. Between October 2000 and July 2005 he served as economic adviser to President Thabo Mbeki and chief executive of the Secretariat of New Partnership for Africa’s development NEPAD. Wiseman also serves as President of the International Organisation of Employers.




Stephen  Davidson
Independent Non-Executive Chairman,  Age 53 (British)
Date of appointment 01 February 2007

Stephen Davidson is Chairman of Datatec Limited, Enteraction TV Limited and Digital Marketing Group plc. He is also a non-executive director of Inmarsat plc, Mecom Group plc and EBT Mobile China plc. Stephen has held various positions in investment banking, most recently at WestLB Panmure where he was Global Head of Media and Telecoms, Investment Banking, then Vice Chairman of Investment Banking. From 1993 to 1998 Stephen was Finance Director, then CEO of Telewest Communications plc. He was Chairman of the Cable Communications Association from 1996 to 1998.




Ivan  Dittrich
Chief Financial Officer,  Age 36 (South African)
Date of appointment 01 March 2008

Ivan is a chartered accountant and has been with Datatec for the past 10 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.