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Eskom veteran appointed COO

20th July 2018

By: Nadine James

Features Managing Editor

     

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The board of State-owned power utility Eskom has appointed Jan Oberholzer COO.

The board, which was appointed in January, was mandated to resolve and take decisions to address the immediate challenges facing Eskom. Key to this mandate is to bring stability to the executive leadership structures of Eskom through, besides others, prioritising the appointment of a permanent CEO and CFO.

In the process of identifying suitable candidates, the board also assessed the appropriateness of the current functional structure, given the enormity of the current operational and financial challenges faced by Eskom.

As a result, it concluded that the size, functional diversity and complexity of Eskom warranted a three-person executive team comprising a CEO, a CFO and a COO.

Oberholzer has 38 years of working experience, of which 24 were at Eskom, where he held various positions, including that of COO of the distribution division.

Most recently, he successfully led the initiative to improve a number of hydropower plants in Zambia.

“Jan brings a wealth of operational experience in the energy sector, as well as valuable institutional memory, which I am confident will stand him in good stead to successfully reform our operations and set them up for sustainable success,” comments Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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