Board Profiles

Mteto Nyati - Chairperson

Mteto Nyati is a former Chief Executive Officer of MTN SA and Altron. He has held senior leadership and executive roles in multinational IT companies such as IBM and Microsoft. In 2004, Mr Nyati was named one of Yale University's World Fellows on Global Leadership.

Daniel Leseja Marokane - Group Chief Executive

Dan Leseja Marokane is a seasoned turnaround expert, a charismatic and inspirational leader, with a proven track record of disciplined execution in operational, strategic and change leadership roles in large organisations. He has led operations across the oil, gas, power/energy and manufacturing sectors where he has overseen procurement budgets of over R100 billion and capex budgets of R60 billion annually, achieving cashflow improvements of R3 billion over a two-year period and facilitating asset disposals of R6.5 billion. Prior to taking the helm at Eskom, Dan led staff complements of up to 35 000 people.

He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering (UCT) an MSc Petroleum Eng (London) and an MBA (UCT). He is passionate about people, helping them realise their inherent value and full potential, which is critical to driving performance.

Calib Cassim - Chief Financial Officer

Calib Cassim is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) who leads and oversees all aspects of the company’s financial strategy. He provides strategic guidance to Eskom’s Executive Committee and Board on key regulatory issues on long-term financial plans and Economic Regulatory strategy, amongst others, in accordance with Nersa’s various pricing mechanisms. 

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and also holds a master’s degree in business leadership (MBL). In his previous role as the General Manager for Financial Planning and Economic Regulation he was responsible for price application for electricity prices to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa).

Lwazi Gongwana - Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Lwazi Gonqwana is an engineer by profession with 25 years of working experience in manufacturing, construction, financial services, logistics, energy and government services. He has worked for multiple organisations including Unilever, Tiger Brands, Barclays Africa, Transnet, and the Department of Public Enterprises.

Dr Tsakani Mthombeni - Independent Non-Executive Director

Dr Tsakani Mthombeni obtained a BSc, MSc and PhD in Electrical Engineering. He served as an external examiner at the University of Pretoria, University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University. He was the Chairperson of the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) of South Africa. Dr Mthombeni is the Executive of Sustainable Development at Implats, where he is responsible for developing and implementing the group’s Sustainable Development Strategy. Prior to this role, he was Vice President: Group Head of Carbon and Energy at Gold Fields, leading Gold Fields’s Energy Management and Climate Change Strategy.

Dr Busiswe Vilakazi - Independent Non-Executive Director

Dr Busisiwe Vilakazi is a senior researcher in the field of medical device development at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). She is a millennial board member with expertise in ICT, Research and Innovation, Data Science and Analytics, Strategy and Digital Transformation.

Clive Le Roux - Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Clive Le Roux is a former Chief Nuclear Officer at Eskom and an experienced Power Station Manager at Matimba Power Station and Koeberg Nuclear Power Station. He spent the last 10 years in Eskom as a Consultant (Greybeard) as well as a Human Resource Consultant - technically sound with good people skills.

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