Leadership
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Skills, expertise and experience
Maya is an independent non-executive director with executive experience in the telecommunications, financial services, consulting and fast-moving consumer goods industries. She has held directorships in human resources, marketing communication, corporate affairs and reputation management, strategy, and business re-engineering and has extensive experience in Southern African Development Community (“SADC”) countries, as well as in some markets in Asia.
She was previously an executive director of Vodacom (Pty) Ltd, Nestlé South Africa (Pty) Ltd and SABMiller (Africa and Asia), Chair of the Vodacom Foundation South Africa and a board member of World Wide Fund for Nature.
Other directorships
- Non-executive director of Mpact Limited
- Non-executive director of MCB Group Limited
- Non-executive director of Cell C Holdings Limited
Board committee membership
- Nominations Committee (Chair)
- Remuneration Committee
- Social and Ethics Committee
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JENS MONTANANA
Chief Executive Officer
Age: 65 (British)
FULL BIO
Date of appointment: 6 October 1994Skills, expertise and experience
Jens is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Datatec, which he established in 1986.
Between 1989 and 1993, Jens also 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 1997. In 1993, he co-founded US start-up Xedia Corporation, which was subsequently sold to Lucent Corporation in 1999.
In 1994, Datatec listed on the JSE and Jens held the role of Chair as well as CEO until 2001, when Datatec established an independent non-executive Chair role. Jens chairs the boards of Datatec’s divisional parent companies, Logicalis International Limited, Logicalis Latin America and Westcon International Limited.
Other directorships
- Chair of Corero plc (AIM London)
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IVAN DITTRICH
Chief Financial Officer
Age: 53 (American)
FULL BIO
Date of appointment: 30 May 2016Skills, expertise and experience
Ivan rejoined Datatec on 30 May 2016 from Vodacom, where he had been Group Chief Financial Officer (“CFO)” from 15 June 2012 to 31 July 2015. Prior to that, he held a number of senior executive positions over a 13-year period at Datatec, including Group CFO from May 2008 to June 2012.
Ivan qualified as a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) at Deloitte South Africa and also worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in London. He completed the Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership programme at Saïd Business School.
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Sabine Everaet
Independent non-executive director
Age: 59 (Belgian)
FULL BIO
Date of appointment: 2 October 2023Skills, expertise and experience
Sabine had a distinguished career at The Coca-Cola Company from 1995 to 2021 where she held various IT management and senior leadership roles with increasing functional and geographic responsibilities, becoming Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) CIO in 2016.
She graduated as a Business Engineer from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). She was awarded 'CIO of the Year' in Belgium at the end of 2011 and was named one of the 2016 'Top 50 Most Inspirational Women in European Technology'.
Other directorships
- Non-executive director of ING Bank Belgium
- Trustee of the Charities Aid Foundation
- Director of WAKO
Board committee membership
- Social and Ethics Committee (Chair)
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COLIN JONES
Independent non-executive director
Age: 65 (British)
FULL BIO
Date of appointment: 3 June 2024Skills, expertise and experience
Colin Jones has had a distinguished career at Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc, the global financial information business, where he was CFO from 1996 to 2018. He was also COO from 2003 to 2015 including seven years based in New York.
Colin is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW FCA) and holds a BSc in Economics and Accounting from Bristol University.
Other directorships
- Non-executive director and Audit and Risk Committee Chair of STV Group Plc
- Non-executive director and Audit Committee Chair of M&C Saatchi Plc
- Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee of The City Literary Institute
Board committee membership
- Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
- Nominations Committee
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Skills, expertise and experience
Saleh is a Chartered Accountant and a seasoned financial professional with over 30 years’ experience gained in the Anglo American Group. Prior to his retirement at the end of March 2019, he was an executive director of Anglo American South Africa, and for the last 11 years of his career, he held the position of Head of Finance. He was also an integral member of the executive team, providing key leadership, direction, and strategy to the South African corporate office and region.
He has held several listed and unlisted board positions in various industries and brings with him extensive experience across the full spectrum of corporate activities.
Other directorships
- Independent non-executive director of Motus Holdings Limited
- Independent non-executive director of Astral Foods Limited
- Independent non-executive director of Mpact Limited
Board committee membership
- Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
- Social and Ethics Committee
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Skills, expertise and experience
Luis has extensive experience as a finance and internal audit executive developed over his career with British American Tobacco (BAT), Raízen and Royal Dutch Shell working in local, regional and global positions, with wide exposure to national and international investors.
He was Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer of Raízen, a joint venture start-up, where he played a fundamental role in the significant growth of the business whilst building robust governance in a complex environment. Thereafter, he joined Royal Dutch Shell as Chief Audit Officer, heading internal audit and reporting directly to the audit committee.
He holds a Master of Business Administration (“MBA”) Finance, from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as well as post-graduate degree in Information Technology and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the same University.
Luis is Chair of the audit committee and member of the remuneration committee of Datatec’s subsidiary, Logicalis Latin America.
Other directorships
- OceanPact SA
- Logicalis Latin America
- COSAN
- Audit Committee Chair of Amaggi
Board committee memberships
- Remuneration Committee
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Skills, expertise and experience
Deepa is the Group CFO of Metcash Limited in Australia. She has extensive finance and industry experience spanning over 20 years. In addition to finance, Deepa has significant senior leadership experience across strategy, mergers and acquisitions, digital, information technology, and integration. Most recently, Deepa held the position of Group CFO of Tiger Consumer Brands Limited. Prior to this, Deepa held senior leadership roles with Walmart’s South Africa-based subsidiary, Massmart. She also held senior finance roles with Mondelēz International and Samsung Electronics South Africa.
Deepa is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and holds a Master of Business Administration (“MBA”) (cum laude) from GIBS, University of Pretoria and a Bachelor of Commerce Accounting (Honours) degree from the University of Johannesburg.
Other directorships
- Multiple subsidiaries within the Metcash Australia Group
Board committee memberships
- Remuneration Committee (Chair)
- Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee (Chair)
- Nominations Committee