Webafrica has announced the appointment of Sean Nourse as its new CEO, taking over from Tim Wyatt-Gunning.<\/p>\n
Nourse is an industry stalwart, having spent 18 years at Internet Solutions in various executive positions.<\/p>\n
Over the past three years, Nourse served as the CEO of MWEB following the company\u2019s acquisition by Internet Solutions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have known Nourse for many years from when we entrusted our network to IS in 2012,\u201d said Wyatt-Gunning.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know he fits our brand perfectly and we can\u2019t wait to get him on board, fresh with new ideas and a strong strategic vision.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have always admired Webafrica\u2019s entrepreneurial spirit, I think they have a great business, run by a great team and I\u2019m excited to get started,\u201d said Nourse.<\/p>\n
Nourse will take up his role on 1 July. Wyatt-Gunning will remain as a director and shareholder of Webafrica.<\/p>\n
Webafrica<\/strong><\/p>\n Webafrica was founded by Matthew Tagg in 1997, who has headed up the company since its inception.<\/p>\n The company was \u2018reformed\u2019 in 2003 when its second full-time employee was hired and has since grown to a multi-million-rand business.<\/p>\n In 2011, Webafrica announced that Wyatt-Gunning would take over from Tagg as CEO. This followed Tagg\u2019s decision to relocate to Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n Wyatt-Gunning, who was well known for starting and heading up Storm Telecom, served as Webafrica\u2019s chief sales and marketing officer at the time.<\/p>\n Gunning has been involved in the telecommunications field since 1996, first with Long Distance International in the UK, before moving to SA in 1998 to start Storm with Tim Parsonson.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on MyBroadband. You can read it here<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
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