Tshepo Kgobe has been named the next CEO of the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA), succeeding William Dachs, who will step down when his tenure ends on January 31.
Kgobe is an engineer with diverse technical expertise in infrastructure, energy, mining and the railway environment. At the start of the Gautrain project, he was responsible for the engineering and project management of the trackwork subsystem.
Kgobe joined the GMA in 2014 as the senior executive manager responsible for the Technical Services Unit and in 2020 was appointed COO.
The GMA’s newboard members, whose appointment is effective from January 1, are chairperson Mfanelo Patrick Ntsobi, deputy chairperson Malebo Matolong, Tebogo Nancy Seale, Lungile Mtiya, Mamela Luthuli, Desmond Khalid Golding, Kgotso Maja, Irvin Bafana Sibisi and Bongisizwe Mpondo.