Board of Directors

Jens Montanana
Chief Executive Officer, Age 47 (British)
Date of appointment 06 October 1994

Jens is the founder and chief architect behind Datatec, which he established in 1986. Between 1989 and 1993 Jens served as managing director and vice-president of US Robotics (UK) operations, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Robotics 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 Offi cer (“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 100% owned subsidiary company, Logicalis. Jens is non-executive director of Versatile Systems, Inc, a Toronto and London-listed Canadian company.

Ivan Dittrich
Group Finance Director, Age 35 (South African)
Date of appointment 01 March 2008

Ivan is a chartered accountant and has been with Datatec for the past nine years. Ivan was appointed as Group Finance Director on 1 May 2008. Ivan is also responsible for investor relations and group mergers and acquisitions. Previously, he was Group Corporate Director and Group Company Secretary for fi ve 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 52 (British)
Date of appointment 01 February 2007

Stephen is chairman of SPG Media plc, Enteraction TV Ltd and Digital Marketing Group plc. He is also a non-executive director of Inmarsat 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 fi nance director, then CEO of Telewest Communications plc. He was chairman of the Cable Communications Association from 1996 to 1998.

John McCartney
Independent Non-executive Director, Age 55 (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 has been a non-executive chairman of Westcon Group, Inc. since 1 October 2002 to date. John is chairman of the Board of A.M Castle Corp (NYSE), a speciality steel distributor based near Chicago, IL. John was formerly president and chief operating offi cer 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, Inc.

Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu
Independent Non-executive Director, Age 64 (South African)
Date of appointment 01 September 2006

Prof Nkuhlu, who was trained as a chartered accountant and who served articles with PricewaterhouseCoopers, currently serves as chairman of Pan-African Capital Holdings (Pty) Ltd and holds directorships with Kagiso Trust Investments and AngloGold Ashanti. Between October 2000 and July 2005 he served as economic advisor to President Thabo Mbeki and as Chief Executive of the Secretariat of New Partnership for Africa’s Development (“NEPAD”). Wiseman was recently appointed as President of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE).

Cedric Savage
Independent Non-executive Director, Age 69 (South African)
Date of appointment 06 December 2001

Cedric joined the Tongaat Hulett Group in 1977 as managing director of Tongaat Foods and thereafter progressed to executive chairman of the building materials division and CEO of the Tongaat-Hulett Group Limited in 1991. In 2002 he retired from executive duties and is now nonexecutive chairman of Tongaat-Hulett Limited and director of other JSE-listed companies, including Harmony Gold Mining Company, and Denel.

Chris Seabrooke
Independent Non-executive Director, Age 55 (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 Technology Holdings Limited and Metrofi le Holdings Limited and deputy chairman of Massmart Holdings Limited. He is also a director of Net1 UEPS Technologies Inc. listed on Nasdaq and chairman of its Audit Committee. He is a director of a number of unlisted companies, and is chairman of Alternative Equity Partners Fund 1.

Nick Temple
Independent Non-executive Director, Age 60 (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 privatelyowned companies.