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Ms. Maya M. Makanjee, BA (Fine Arts), BCom, MBL (cumLaude), is Director of Cell C (Pty) Limited from June 2023. She is an accomplished business leader with a wealth of experience in various Executive Director positions across multiple industries. She has a diverse skill set to the table ranging from FMCG, telecommunications, and financial services. She was Chief officer: corporate affairs at the Vodacom Group. She is Independent Non-Executive Director at Ellies Holdings Limited from July 01, 2022. She serves as the Executive Chairwoman of ATIO Corporation (Pty) Ltd. Ms. Makanjee has been an Independent Non-Executive Director at Datatec Limited since November 1, 2018 and serves as its Chair of the Board since March 01, 2022.
She has also completed numerous management and leadership programmes at Harvard and Stanford in USA and at IMD in Switzerland. At present, she Chairs the Board of a JSE-listed global IT products and services company, and is a Director of a listed packaging company and a South African fashion retailer. Ms. Makanjee served as the Chief Officer of Corporate Affairs at Vodacom Group Limited until July 31, 2016. Ms. Makanjee served as the Communication and Public Affairs Director for Nestle in Southern and Eastern Africa. Ms. Makanjee joined SABMiller Group in 2005. Before working at Vodacom, Ms. Makanjee served as Chief Executive Officer of FinMark Trust and prior to that, she worked as corporate affairs Director at SABMiller and Nestlé. She has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Mpact Limited since September 5, 2016. She has been Independent Non-Executive Director of Truworths International Ltd since February 22, 2018. She had been an Independent & Non-Executive Director of Tiger Brands Limited since August 1, 2010 until December 31, 2021.
She serves as a Non-Executive Director for Tiger Brands and the World Wide Fund for Nature and of AIG South Africa Limited. Ms. Makanjee also serves on the Board of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. She is a previous Director of a national food company as well as a South African mobile network operator, and has gained experience across a number of areas in various industries, having held Executive Director positions in financial services, human resources, marketing communication, corporate affairs, strategy and business re-engineering. She is also a Trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. She served as a Director of Skol Breweries Ltd. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in dance from the University of Mumbai, a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of KwaZulu Natal. Ms. Makanjee has an MBA from the University of South Africa. She holds MBL (cum laude) in Economics, Marketing, Strategy, Human Resources, Law and Accounting from University of South Africa.
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| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datatec Limited | Board | Chairperson | 01/11/2018 | |
| Datatec Limited | Nominations & Governance | Chairperson | 01/11/2018 | |
| Datatec Limited | Social & Ethics | Member | 01/11/2018 | |
| Datatec Limited | Remuneration | Member | 01/11/2018 | |
| Mpact Limited | Nominations & Governance | Member | 01/09/2016 | |
| Mpact Limited | Social & Ethics | Member | 01/09/2016 | |
| Mpact Limited | Board | Member | 01/01/2016 | |
| Truworths International Limited | Social & Ethics | Member | 01/09/2016 | |
| Mpact Limited | Remuneration | Member | 01/09/2016 | |
| Ellies Holdings Limited | Board | Member |