Eskom has announced that Junaid Munshi has been appointed the Group Executive for its Distribution division, effective 1 June 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Munshi will take over the position from Monde Bala, who was seconded to the Interim Chief Executive Officer (ICEO) position at the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was subsequently appointed as CEO at NTCSA. Agnes Mlambo was appointed to Bala’s role in an acting capacity, with Munshi now taking over permanently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Munshi is a seasoned executive with more than three decades of engineering, marketing and commercial leadership experience in the technology and telecommunications sectors across South Africa.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most recently, he served as Chief Commercial Officer at Cable & Wireless Seychelles, where he was responsible for overall commercial strategy, revenue growth, and market leadership, overseeing key functions including marketing, sales, customer service, and field operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to this, he held senior executive roles within organisations including Maziv Group, Cell C, and Vodacom Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering from the University of Cape Town, a Graduate Diploma in Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and a Master\u2019s in Business Administration (MBA) from Wits Business School, Johannesburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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