Board of Directors

Dr ATM (Anna) Mokgokong BSC

Chairperson (non-executive)

Dr Anna Mokgokong is the co-founder and executive chairperson of Community Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd (CIH). Apart from chairing the Jasco board, Dr Anna also serves, in a nonexecutive capacity, on the boards of several listed and unlisted companies. Her business, education and public sector achievements are extensive, and she has received numerous local and international awards. She has served on councils and committees for the University of South Africa (Unisa) and University of Pretoria (UP), and in the public sector has fulfilled a deputy chairperson role for the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers and as chairperson on the board of SEDA (Small Development Enterprise Agency). In 1999 she was honoured as South Africa's Businesswoman of the Year and between 1998 and 2007 she received no less than eight international awards recognising her business success. Most recently, she was honoured as key note speaker at the recent Harvard University “Africa coming of Age” Conference in the USA. Her topic, fittingly, was The Evolution of Black Business in South Africa. She has now been invited by President Bill Clinton to join the Clinton Global Initiative, where she will contribute as a Health Care Leader. "My success has been built on a solid work ethic, a belief in the power of education, an unwavering insistence that business must do good to do well."

Joe Madungandaba CPA(SA) MDP

Deputy Chairperson (non-executive)

Joe is one of South Africa's leading black entrepreneurs who co-founded CIH, a large BEE company with an annual turnover in excess of R4 billion. He has served on the boards or audit committees of several unlisted companies. Joe also advised the Cabinet committee on RDP. He studied towards a BCom at the University of the North/Witwatersrand, obtained a Certificate in Taxation (cum laude) from Unisa, and completed the Management Development Programme at Cranfield. Joe is a past winner of the BMF/Pretoria News Manager of the Year Award. He gained extensive lecturing and consulting experience as a lecturer at Potchefstroom University's Business Advisory Bureau. Joe was appointed to the board of Jasco as an executive director in 2003 and became the non-executive deputy chairperson in July 2006.

Pete da Silva

Chief Executive Officer

Pete studied Light current Engineering at the Germiston Technikon. His Management development program was through Siemens and Duke University.
Pete currently holds various board positions in the fields of Telecommunication, Electrical engineering, property development and the entertainment industry

Pete's previous positions included that of Group CEO for A1GP and prior to that the Group CEO for Siemens Southern Africa

He has also been a senior council member of the German chamber, a board member of the National Business Initiative (NBI), the Business Trust (BT) and Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA)

Warren Prinsloo CA(SA)

Financial Director

Warren qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1998. He spent six years with the Massmart group in various senior financial management positions. Warren was appointed as Financial Director in August 2006. Warren is a member of the Institute of Directors.

John Farrant CA(SA)

Director (non-executive)

John became a partner of Ernst & Young in 1967 and was in charge of Jasco's audit from just before the listing in 1987 until his retirement at the end of 1997. He was appointed to the Jasco board in September 1997 and also serves as chairperson of the audit committee.

Morongwe Malebye

Independant non-executive Director

Morongwe Malebye joined the Board of Jasco Electronics Holdings Limited effective from 29 June 2011 as an independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit & Risk Committee. Ms Malebye has a Masters degree in Business Administration, and a MSc from Witwatersrand University. She also obtained a Project Management Diploma in 1996 after she graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cape Town in 1995. She brings a vast knowledge of strategy and governance requirements experience to the Jasco Board. She has worked at Eskom, Sasol, Spoornet, Armscor and Babcock Africa. She serves on the board of African Oxygen Limited (Afrox) and Howden Africa Limited and is a mentor for the Allan Gray Foundation.

Haroon Moolla

Independant non-executive Director

Haroon Moolla joined the Board of Jasco Electronics Holdings Limited effective from 5 August 2011 as an independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit & Risk Committee.
Mr Moolla has a Masters Degree in Business Administration in e-business from the United Kingdom as well as multitudes of ICT certificates. He is a technology professional with more than two decades of cumulative experience in ICT Software Development, Consulting, Networking and IT Infrastructure services.
Haroon is a Chief Information Officer of Group IT for Clientele Group Limited and serves on the board of Life Assurance Company. He is also a chairman of the IT Steering Committee and member of the Actuarial Committee, Product Committee, Risk, Audit and Compliance Committees.

Dr Jon Rothbart BVSc, MBA

Director (non-executive)

Dr Rothbart is the chief operating officer of AfroCentric Investment Corporation Limited (AfroCentric). Prior to this, he worked at McKinsey & Company. He served clients in the financial services, energy, parastatal and resource industries. He sits on the boards of AfroCentric's portfolio companies. He has an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management (Netherlands) and a BVSc from the University of Pretoria.

Chevalier John Sherry Knight of Maltah

Director (non-executive)

Sir John was one of the founders of Jasco in 1976 and served as chairperson from inception until he stepped down in August 1998. In recognition of his humanitarian deeds, John was made a Knight of Malta during 1998 and was granted the title of Chevalier.

Shireen Lutchan ACIS, FCIBM, M.Inst.D

Group Company Secretary

Shireen Lutchan joined the Jasco Group effective 5 January 2012 in the position of Company Secretary. Ms Lutchan has a CIS Professional Post Graduate Qualification – Company Secretarial and Governance Practice; CIS Professional Advanced Qualification – Governance and Administration; Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Company Law II; Certificate in Bookkeeping and a National Diploma in Public Management and Administration. She has spent a decade in the accounting and tax profession developing a multitude of skills and experience which resulted in her career within the company secretarial environment. Ms Lutchan is a graduate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries Southern Africa and affiliated as an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Business Management; Member of The Institute of Directors. Ms Lutchan is a Non – Executive Director of N3 Toll Concession (Pty) Ltd. She spent 10 years at JM & Associates in various accounting and company secretarial roles as well as E Oppenheimer & Son in her role as Assistant Company Secretary. Her last position held was that of Assistant Company Secretary, at the Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Limited. She is currently studying towards her LLB degree through UNISA.