JSE-listed Ellies on Thursday announced the appointment of Shaun Prithivirajh as CEO, effective August 1.
He succeeds Wayne Samson, who resigned in November 2017 and, in February, left the company in the hands of executive chairperson Elliot Salkow and CFO Adrian Bock while the appointment of a new CEO was being finalised.
Prithivirajh served as GloCell group CEO for the past two years, while also previously having been the managing executive and director for Ellerines Services Africa and manager of international products retail, commercial and industrial for Chevron South Africa.
He holds a PhD in business management from the University of North-West, as well as an MBA from the University of Natal, and has extensive executive experience in turnaround businesses and in-depth management experience in highly competitive retail and service-driven businesses.