Matshela Koko named acting CEO of Eskom
·30 Nov 2016
The Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown, has approved Eskom board’s recommendation to appoint the current group executive: generation, Matshela Koko, as acting CEO of Eskom with effect from December 1, 2016.
The appointment follows the resignation of Brian Molefe earlier this month amid allegations contained in the Public Protector report into alleged state capture.
“I have also asked the board to immediately start the process to appoint a permanent Group CEO and that this process needs their urgent attention,” said Brown.
Koko joined Eskom in September 1996 as an Engineer-in-Training and has moved steadily up the ranks. Other positions he occupied include:
- Boiler Plant Engineer Manager and Pressure Parts Engineer (2000)
- Senior Manager: Power Plant Engineering, Enterprises Division (2004)
- Senior Manager: Engineering, Generation Division (2009)
- Divisional Executive: Group Technology (2010)
- Group Executive Technology and Commercial (2014).
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