Executive Directors

Chief Executive Officer (Executive director)
Pieter holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Engineering from the University of Stellenbosch and a Master of Business Administration degree from Stellenbosch Business School. Pieter was appointed CEO of Vodacom Group with effect from 1 October 2008. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Pieter served as the chief operating officer for Vodacom Group from April 2004 until his appointment as CEO. He also served as managing director of Vodacom SA from December 2001 until March 2005. Pieter joined Vodacom Group in 1993 as a member of the initial engineering team. He was appointed to the Vodacom Board in April 2004.

Managing Director Vodacom SA (Executive director)
Shameel holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science (Honours) from the University of South Africa and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He is also an Associated General Accountant and Commercial and Financial Accountant (South Africa). Shameel joined Vodacom in March 1994 after completing his articles and has held various positions within Vodacom. He was appointed as managing director of Vodacom SA in April 2005. He has served as the managing director of Vodacom service provider company (the service provision and commercial arm of Vodacom) from 2000 to 2005. Shameel was also managing director and founder of Vodacom Equipment Company (Proprietary) Limited, the former handset distribution company in Vodacom from 1998 to 2000. He was appointed to the Vodacom Board in September 2000.

Chief Financial Officer (Executive director)
Rob is Chartered Accountant and joined the company as Chief Financial Officer and director of the Vodacom Group on 1 July 2009, taking responsibility for finance, company secretarial, investor relations and business development and strategy.  He has over 17 years senior financial experience and has spent the last 9 years with the Nedbank Group holding various director positions, latterly, most recently as Managing Director of Nedbank Retail. He also served as a member of the Nedbank Group Executive Committee as well as of the Banking Association Operating Board.  He was previously Chief Operating Officer of Computer Configurations Holdings and Head of Investment Banking at Standard Corporate & Merchant Bank.