South African Civil Aviation Authority appoints new CEO

 

NEWS RELEASE

Wednesday, 22 February 2006

 

The Board of the SA Civil Aviation Authority today announced the appointment of Mr. Zakes Zenzele Gilbert Myeza as the new Chief Executive Officer of the aviation regulatory body with effect from 16 March 2006.

 

The Authority has been without a permanent CEO for the past 3 years.  Mr. Myeza replaces Mr. Mongezi India who was Acting in this position from November 2004. 

 

The Chairman of the CAA Board, Mr Duke Moorosi, described Mr Myeza as a dynamic person who will take the regulatory body to a higher level.  The appointment of Mr Myeza follows a string of unsuccessful recruitment endeavours to find a suitable candidate for this position.  “I am confident that Mr. Myeza is the right person for this job given his extensive management experience and aviation background”, said Mr Moorosi. 

 

Mr. Moroosi would like to thank Mr. India for his role in leading the organisation while a permanent CEO was being sought.

 

Mr. Myeza has a B Com (Accounting)(with distinctions) in accounting, income tax, commercial law and statistics and an MBA qualification he obtained in 1993. Amongst other qualifications, he boasts a certificate in aviation management from the International Aviation Management Training Institute (IAMTI) in Montreal – Canada obtained in 1994 and a certificate in corporate governance (with distinction) from RAU obtained in 2002.

 

He has more than 15 years experience in general business management, specialising in finance.  Mr. Myeza operated at senior level in both the public and private sectors, with emphasis in service driven organisations.

 

Mr. Zakes Myeza currently serves at the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) Pty Ltd as an Executive Director: Finance and Support Services looking after the following portfolios:

 

  • General Finance;
  • Finance Projects;
  • Risk and Compliance Management;
  • Company Secretariat;
  • Human Resources; and
  • ICT

 

He sits on the Executive Committee and in the following Board Committees: Developments and Risk Committee; Remuneration Committee, Tender Committee; Audit Committee and Marketing and Communications Committee.

 

He held executive leadership roles with extensive board, financial and operational experience in the following companies and industries: Petronet in the petroleum transportation industry; ACSA Ltd in the aviation industry;   Gtech S.A. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Gtech Holdings listed in the New York Stock Exchange) in the ICT industry.

 

He has been instrumental in setting up and operationalising effective businesses in the retail, property and ICT industries, in some of the companies that he worked for. Over and above financial management, auditing and accounting, his strengths include, inter alia, structuring development finance, operations, and implementation of good corporate governance, mega programmes, mega infrastructure projects and risk management. He also has extensive experience in mega capital project evaluation and control.

 

Zakes currently serves as a Director at the Newtown Development Company Pty Ltd and the Constitution Hill Development Company Pty Ltd.  On a voluntary basis he serves as a treasurer and trustee of the Johannesburg Trust for the Homeless.

 

 

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Contact:

 

Ms Phindiwe Gwebu

Senior Communications Manager

SA Civil Aviation Authority

011 545 1086

083 635 0069

 

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