{"id":180069,"date":"2017-06-19T16:21:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T14:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=180069"},"modified":"2017-06-19T16:21:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T14:21:47","slug":"altron-appoints-executive-committee-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/180069\/altron-appoints-executive-committee-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Altron adds to executive team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JSE-listed Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron) has appointed Collin Govender and Zipporah Maubane as group executive: shared services and group executive: marketing, PR and corporate communications, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Govender was previously VP for sales and service management at T-Systems and during his 17 years with the group he held a number of senior executive positions.<\/p>\n<p>His appointment gives effect to Altron\u2019s stated intent to develop and implement a shared services model across the Altron group. &#8220;To this end, Govender will drive the operating model to ensure efficiencies, cost savings, reduced support service costs and improved alignment,&#8221; Altron said.<\/p>\n<p>Govender studied BSc Computer Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and completed an MDP at Unisa and an executive programme from Harvard Business School.<\/p>\n<p>Maubane was formerly the head of communications and sustainability for Coca-Cola, overseeing 18 southern and east African markets over the past six years. Prior to joining Coca-Cola, she was the brand marketing manager for Sasol Oil.<\/p>\n<p>Maubane holds a BA degree from the University of Limpopo, and brings more than 20 years\u2019 experience in brand marketing and communications to her new position.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/174439\/altron-reports-26-drop-in-revenue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Altron reports 26% drop in revenue<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JSE-listed Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron) has appointed Collin Govender and Zipporah Maubane as group executive: shared services and group executive: marketing, PR and corporate communications, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":51695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[25,309],"class_list":["post-180069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it-services","tag-active","tag-altron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180069"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180075,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180069\/revisions\/180075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}