Vodacom appoints new chief strategy officer
Vodacom has appointed Yolanda Cuba as chief officer of strategy and business development, with effect from 1 November 2014.
Neil Gough currently serves in the role of chief officer of strategy development at Vodacom.
Cuba is an independent non-executive director at the mobile operator and will become a member of the Vodacom Group Executive Committee.
As a result of this change, Cuba’s status on the board reverts to that of a non-executive director with immediate effect. She will step down from the board with effect from 31
October 2014.
Cuba is currently the executive director: strategy & business support, at South African Breweries (SAB), a position she has held since February 2012.
Prior to joining SAB she was the Group CEO of Mvelaphanda Group, while she also also serves on a number of boards including Barclays Africa Group Limited.
Cuba has a BCom (Statistics) and BCom Honours (Accounting) CA(SA).
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