JSE listed transport company, Cargo Carriers has announced the appointment of three new independent non-executive directors to the board of directors. The newly appointed directors are Sithembiso Nomvalo, Amanda Gcabashe and Ndumi Medupe.
Sithembiso has held various strategic financial and management roles including that of chief executive officer of the State Information Technology Agency and deputy director-general: Accountant-General of South Africa. In 2015, he formed his own consultancy practice to focus on leadership development, coaching, consulting and corporate governance in order to assist organisations to build cohesive teams and to drive sustainable strategic change.
Amanda completed her auditing articles at Gobodo Incorporated (Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo) in 2001 before moving into the corporate advisory and consulting fields. In 2011, Amanda was appointed at the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) as a specialist in Traditional Medicine in order to establish a business unit focused on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and in September 2016 she was appointed as co-executive (testing and inspection division), where she is responsible for improving the operational efficiencies and profitability of the testing division .
Ndumi has vast experience in governance, risk, compliance, and consulting. Having completed her articles at Deloitte & Touché, she held various financial management and business analyst positions at Vodacom and MTN respectively, where after she was appointed as director: financial planning and budgeting at the Gauteng Department of Finance. In 2007, Ndumi established Indyebo Consulting, a professional auditing, accounting and business consulting company providing assurance, advisory and consulting services to the public and private sectors.
The company said Sithembiso and Amanda’s appointments will be with effect from 30 March 2017, whilst Ndumi’s appointment will be with effect from 5 May 2017.
The haulage giant, established in 1956 and listed on the JSE in 1987, welcomed these new appointments to the board and said it looked forward to benefitting from their shared knowledge and experience.
