{"id":1601,"date":"2012-01-10T09:54:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T09:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2012-01-10T09:58:19","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T09:58:19","slug":"rudi-jansen-resigns-from-mweb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/1601\/rudi-jansen-resigns-from-mweb\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudi Jansen resigns from MWEB"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rudi Jansen<\/a>, Group CEO of MWEB<\/a>, has resigned after 15 years of working at the company.<\/p>\n

He will be leaving MWEB at the end of February 2012, after which he will be pursuing new business interests outside the ISP sector.<\/p>\n

Francois Theron<\/a>, CEO of DSTV Mobile, has been appointed to take over from Jansen.<\/p>\n

Theron has more than 15 years experience in the pay television and telecommunications industries. He has served as CEO for MultiChoice<\/a> Middle East and Egypt, M-Tel, as well as the United Broadcasting Corporation in Thailand. He also served on the main board of the Asian Cable and Satellite Association.<\/p>\n

Jansen says: \u201cWe have achieved most of what we set out to accomplish with Uncapped Internet and it has really transformed MWEB and the South African Internet landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MWEB business is in great shape and while there are still many challenges ahead in the local ISP industry, I know that Francois\u2019s experience locally and internationally will bring immense value to the business. It is time for me to move on to new challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jansen was one of MWEB\u2019s first employees, joining the company as head of finance in 1997, before rising to CEO in 2005.<\/p>\n

During this time, Jansen has led MWEB to become one of South Africa\u2019s biggest ISPs. In 2010, MyBroadband named him Broadband Maverick of the Year for launching Uncapped ADSL and pushing for free and open peering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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