Independent non- executive director

BA (Hons) Communications, Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.

Appointed: 01 April 2021

Board Committee Membership: Member:  Risk and Compliance Committee: Social, Ethics and Sustainability Committee and Audit Committee.

Other directorships: Director of various companies in MTN Group. She is currently the Chief Executive officer of Akhona Group and is serving as a director on various companies where she is a shareholder. She is also a non-executive director of ArcelorMittal SA, Sasfin Wealth (Pty) Ltd, and Safcor Freight Pty Ltd. She has served on multiple boards, including Investec Asset Management (now NinetyOne); AON SA, Broll Property Group, Verimark Holdings and Hulisani Pty Ltd.

Skills, expertise and experience:  She has solid experience in telecommunications. In 1997, she was appointed as a founding member of the first independent telecommunications regulator, ICASA and was one of six councilors tasked to set up the regulator in South Africa.

Noluthando then joined Investec Bank and spent three years as a sell-side analyst, focusing on the telecommunications sector. Noluthando is also an extremely experienced deal maker and businesswoman, having spearheaded numerous joint ventures and acquisitions in multiple sectors and having enjoyed considerable success as an entrepreneur.