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DTC - Datatec Limited - Death of Leslie Boyd, Chairman of Datatec
DATATEC LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1994/005004/06)
ISIN: ZAE000017745
Share Code: DTC
DEATH OF LESLIE BOYD, CHAIRMAN OF DATATEC
Datatec Limited ("Datatec", "the Group", JSE and LSE: DTC), announces with great
sadness that Leslie Boyd, the Group`s Chairman, has died suddenly after a short
illness. Stephen Davidson, who was Deputy Chairman, will succeed to the role of
Chairman. Leslie had indicated his intention to retire from the Board after the
Group`s AGM in August at which time the Board had intended to appoint Stephen as
Chairman.
Leslie became Chairman on 6 December 2001 and made an invaluable contribution
over the last six years. In particular Leslie played a significant role in
transforming the Board, establishing its independent committees, promoting best
practice corporate governance and rigorous and transparent accountability at all
levels of the organisation.
Stephen Davidson joined the Board on 1 February 2007 and has since served as
Deputy Chairman. He is also Chairman of SPG Media Group PLC, Enteraction TV
Limited and Digital Marketing Group plc and 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.
Jens Montanana, Chief Executive of Datatec, commented:
"Having turned seventy last year Leslie was due to retire in August this year
and his sudden death is a great sadness to the Board and everyone at Datatec.
On behalf of the Board and management across Datatec I send our sincerest
condolences to Leslie`s family. Leslie made an invaluable contribution to the
Group as Chairman of the Board at an important stage of the Group`s development.
We will all greatly miss his involvement both personally and professionally."
31 March 2008
Enquiries:
Datatec Limited (www.datatec.co.za)
Jens Montanana CEO +27 (0) 11 233 1221
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