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DTC - Datatec Limited - Rob Evans appointed chief financial officer
Datatec Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1994/005004/06)
ISIN: ZAE000017745
Share Code: DTC
ROB EVANS APPOINTED CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Datatec Limited ("Datatec" or "the Group", JSE/AIM: DTC), the international
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) group, has appointed Rob Evans
Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1 June 2012. He will be nominated to
the Board and become Chief Financial Officer-designate from 1 March 2012. Ivan
Dittrich, the Group`s current CFO, has accepted the position of Chief Financial
Officer of Vodacom and will leave Datatec in June after its full year results
are published.
Robert (Rob) Price Evans (46) has held a wide range of international operational
and financial roles, both within the Group and in a number of other
international companies.
Having worked for Datatec earlier in his career, Rob rejoined the Group in 2008,
initially as an integration and transformation executive with oversight for the
Group`s emerging markets operations in Africa, India and the Middle East (AIME).
He then became Chief Operating Officer of Westcon AIME. Since 2010 he has been
Head of the Consulting Services division and was recently appointed Chairman of
Analysys Mason. He is on several of the Group`s subsidiary boards.
Between 2000 and 2008, he worked in a variety of UK and international roles
including sales leadership and business development at NCC Group and independent
management consultancy where he undertook various assignments for Tech Data,
Intermec and Citrix.
Between 1996 and 2000, Rob was Datatec`s UK Finance Director and then Group M&A
Director during which time he worked on more than 20 acquisition projects. He
was also closely involved in the operational review and integration of newly
acquired businesses around the world.
In 1996 he was UK Finance Director of Data Translation, a 3Com and networking
vendor distribution subsidiary of a US group. Rob`s role included operational
restructuring and working with the US parent to sell the business. Prior to
that, Rob was EMEA Controller of Proudfoot.
Rob qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG, working in London and
Melbourne, and holds a BSc degree in Mathematics and Economics from Leicester
University.
Save as set out above, there are no details in relation to the appointment which
need to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.
Jens Montanana, Datatec`s Chief Executive commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Rob as Datatec`s new Chief Financial Officer. He has
very strong strategic and operational credentials having worked extensively
around the world and held a wide range of financial, operational and M&A roles
both within Datatec and other organisations internationally.
"On behalf of the Board and the Group, I would like to thank Ivan for his hard
work and diligence over the last 13 years. He has made a very valuable
contribution to the Group particularly since his appointment as CFO in 2008 and
we wish him well in his new role."
Enquiries:
Datatec Limited
(www.datatec.co.za)
Jens Montanana - Group Chief +27 (0) 11 233 1221
Executive
Wilna de Villiers - Group Marketing +27 (0) 11 233 1013
Manager
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Sandton
18 January 2012
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