TELEMASTERS HOLDINGS
IS A TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED INVESTMENT COMPANY.
We have been listed on the JSE Alt-x since 2007. Our share code is "TLM".
Entities within the group are complementary towards each other with a key focus on enhancing digital transformation, smart working and the new Gig economy. Our vision is to create and accelerate shareholder value through responsible growth, acquisitions and investments.
Board Members
Non-Executive Directors
Mr Mario Brönn Pretorius
Non-executive (62)
Mario matriculated at Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool, Pretoria, in 1974 and obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1979 from Potchefstroom University. He was later appointed Marketing Manager at Artos Engineering, Oslo, Norway. In 1981 Mario was appointed International Development Manager of Domino’s Pizza International in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
In 1984 Mario obtained his MBA from the University of Cape Town and in 1985 he joined Traditional Beer Investments, the development division of the SAB Group Limited, as Marketing Manager and also became a director of Avens Investments (Pty) Ltd. Mario was also appointed Managing Director of Aida National Franchises (Pty) Ltd and Director of Aida Holdings Limited which he helped list in 1987. In 1988 he joined Okifax, a division of MALBAK Limited, as Managing Director and a Non-executive Director of Nimbus Holdings Limited. Mario has established various telecommunications support companies and Zero Plus Developments. He has been a pioneer in the Least Cost Routing (LCR) industry and the driving force behind the expansion of TeleMasters.
Mario held the following directorships over the past year, this list excludes directorships of companies in deregistration:
Company
Catwalk Investments 599 (Pty) Ltd
Duelco Investments 162 (Pty) Ltd
Expectra 51 (Pty) Ltd
Expectra Connectivity (Pty) Ltd
Gondwana Capital (Pty) Ltd
Initiative SA Investments 114 (Pty) Ltd
Sakeliga (Pty) Ltd
Catalytic Connections (Pty) Ltd
Snowy Owl Properties 90 (Pty) Ltd
Snowy Owl Properties 82 (Pty) Ltd
Spice Telecom (Pty) Ltd
TeleMasters (Pty) Ltd
TeleMasters Direct (Pty) Ltd
TeleMasters Holdings Ltd
Telenext (Pty) Ltd
Vazmasters (Pty) Ltd
Zero Plus trading 194 (Pty) Ltd
Valkyrie Capital (Pty) Ltd
Gondwana Diamond Mining Namibia (Pty) Ltd
Telexo Systems (Pty) Ltd
Bunker Hills Investment 483 (Pty) Ltd
Fluolor (Pty) Ltd
Nature of Business
Investment company
Investment company
Telecommunications
Investment company
Investment company
Investment company
Investment company
Telecommunications
Property Development
Property Development
Telecommunications
Telecommunications
Dormant Company
Telecommunications
Dormant Company
Administrative Services
Property development
Investment company
Diamond mining company
Investment company
Investment company
Investment Company
Mario Bronn Pretorius
Mr Marthinus Gerhardus Erasmus
Independent Non-Executive (53)
Marthinus has a B. Acc (Hons) degree, is a registered CA(SA) and holds an Executive Leadership certification from Unisa. After qualifying and serving articles at PwC, he worked in various large corporate environments where he gained experience in, inter alia, finance, business management, strategic negotiations and corporate finance (M&A), before joining AST in 1998 as the Financial Director. AST was listed on the JSE shortly thereafter.
Marthinus has extensive experience, across various continents, in finance, mergers and acquisitions, black economic empowerment transactions, strategy development and execution, corporate transactions and business turnarounds. Marthinus is currently the CEO of the Sperosens group of companies.
Marthinus held the following directorships over the past year, this list excludes directorships of companies in deregistration:
Company
Brightwork Capital (Pty) Ltd
K2014001245 (Pty) Ltd
FlowCentric Technnologies (Pty) Ltd
Fluolor (Pty) Ltd
Sebenza Education and Empowerment Investments
Spero Fire Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Spero Group (Pty) Ltd
Spero Tegnologie (Pty) Ltd
Spero Sensors en Instrumente (Pty) Ltd
Sperolon (Pty) Ltd
TeleMasters Holdings Ltd
Mukhanyo Theological College
Nature of Business
Consulting and Advisory, but dormant
Investment Holdings
ICT Software
Investment Company
Education
Engineering, Fire Protection and Telemetry
Engineering, Fire Protection and Telemetry
Engineering, Fire Protection and Telemetry
Engineering, Fire Protection and Telemetry
Engineering, Fire Protection and Telemetry
Telecommunications
Education
Marthinus Gerhardus Erasmus
Mr Willem Frederik Steinberg (Fred)
Independent Non-Executive (56)
Fred has been involved in the Information and Telecommunication Technology Industry for 33 years, initially as a software engineer and project manager and subsequently as the founder of a number of successful IT firms, including: Communication Genetics, a South African-based leading provider of Customer Communication Solutions; and Isonet SA, an end-to-end cloud based Customer Communication Management solution.
Fred held the following directorships over the past year, this list excludes directorships of companies in deregistration:
Company
FCG ICT Services (Pty) Ltd
TeleMasters Holdings Ltd
I Am App (Pty) Ltd
Nature of Business
Technology Consulting Services
Telecommunications
Software, distribution & development
Willem Frederik Steinberg
Mrs Mariette Tappan
Independent Non-Executive (57)
Mariette, (B Comm, CFP®) is an Executive Financial Advisor at Liberty
Life and serves on the Financial Planning Institutes Client Engagement
Committee and is a member of the Woman in Finance Organization and has
been a judge on the panel for the South African Council for
Businesswomen’s (SACBW) Businesswoman of the year award. She is
currently completing an advanced CFP qualification as a Financial
Transisionist Planner through the Sudden Money Foundation in the USA.
Mariette held the following directorships over the past year, this list excludes directorships of companies in deregistration:
Company
TeleMasters Holdings Ltd
Kaya Naga CC
Nature of Business
Telecommunications
Investments
Mariette Tappan
Dr David Bate
Independent Non-Executive (53)
David has over 25 years of experience making a difference as an
investment banker, entrepreneur and educator. He has a passion for
identifying and growing business and investments on a sustainable and
profitable basis in ways that create and accelerate shareholder value.
He has hands-on experience creating, leading and managing firms at all
stages of the enterprise with a deep understanding of business
development, strategy, finance, operations, contracts, corporate
governance, fundraising, investor relations, product design, production,
distribution, sales, compliance and regulatory affairs.
David
is the founder and CEO of Brookwood Capital Corporation, an investment
banking firm that specializes in the emerging markets of Africa, the
Middle East and Asia. He previously served as Head, Corporate Finance
for Sub-Saharan Africa for ABN AMRO and worked for the Royal Bank of
Canada in Singapore. He has also founded several businesses in the
software, financial technology and wine industries with experience as a
university level instructor in ICT, banking and public administration.
David is a member of the Institute of Directors in
Southern Africa and the Institute of Corporate Directors. He previously
served on the Board of Governors and Senate of the University of
Victoria. He holds seven academic qualifications, including a Doctor of
Public Administration, Master of Science, Master of Business
Administration, Master of Public Administration, Juris Doctor, Bachelor
of Arts and Post-Graduate Diploma in Asia Pacific Management.
David held the following directorships over the past year, this list excludes directorships of companies in deregistration:
Company
Mushroom Farm Park Conservation Association
Telemasters Holdings Ltd
Nature of Business
NPC Conservation
Telecommunications
*Canadian with South Africa Permanent Residence
Dr David Bate
Executive Directors
Mr Jaco-Muller Voigt
Chief Executive Officer (46)
Jaco obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in 1996 from the University of the Orange Free State. He started his career in the communications industry at DataPro in 1998 and held various management positions in the organization – the last one being founder and MD of VoxTelecom. VoxTelecom was a pioneer in Next Generation IP Voice service provision in South Africa.
Jaco left VoxTelecom in 2007 to start PerfectWorx Consulting, a specialist consulting business providing professional services to operators entering the Next Generation Network realm. PerfectWorx Consulting currently provides services to a wide range of players in the telecommunications industry, ranging from incumbent operators to various VANS operators.
In 2010 Jaco started Contineo Virtual Communications, a Wholesale Cloud Communications provider. What started out as a Virtual PABX offering, subsequently evolved into a complete Unified Communications platform enabling business to quickly manage and share information of all types between mobile employees, virtual teams and dispersed customers.
Jaco was appointed CEO of TeleMasters Holdings on 1 January 2018.
Jaco held the following directorships over the past year, this list excludes directorships of companies in deregistration:
Company
Contineo Virtual Communications (Pty) Ltd
PerfectWorx Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Catalytic Connections (Pty) Ltd
Spice Telecom (Pty) Ltd
Telemasters Holdings Ltd
Nature of Business
Telecommunications
Telecommunications
Telecommunications
Telecommunications
Telecommunications
Jaco-Muller Voigt
Mr Jackie Michael Vosloo
Chief Financial Officer (47)
Michael holds a B. Compt. (Hons) and is a registered CA(SA) with SAICA.
After completing his tertiary education, Michael filled positions such as Senior Internal Auditor, Group Treasurer, and Finance Manager with corporates such as Business Connexion and GENSEC Property Services. Following his tenure with these companies, Michael served as Financial Manager with Barloworld Motor Retail.
In 2006 Michael formed part of the inception of Seriti Holdings and took responsibility as Finance Director and project managing the design and implementation of a new system. He then proceeded to join Lightstone Auto heading up their specialized VAPS Division and serving as Divisional Manager and Business Analyst. After 8 years and successful implementation of various strategic systems, Michael accepted a new position with Eqstra Fleet Management as System Integration Consultant where he project-managed the successful development and implementation of their new warranty module.
Following his successes with the likes of Lightstone Auto and Eqstra, Michael saw an opportunity to present a new and value adding service through a company called Accident Angels He acted as Financial Director and Project Manager until early 2016 and ventured into opening his own financial consultancy, called JMV Management Consulting. JMV offers clients specialised business advice, financial planning, business analytics and consultations around system integration and project management.
Michael joined TeleMasters Holdings Limited in February 2019 in the consulting capacity of Business Analyst and was appointed as CFO in June 2019.
Michael held the following directorships over the past year – this list excludes directorships of companies in deregistration:
Company
Orange Tracking (Pty) Ltd
Drive A Car (Pty) Ltd
Motor Rental Management (Pty) Ltd
TeleMasters Holdings Limited
Nature of Business
Dormant Company
Dormant Company
Motor Retail Industry
Telecommunications
Jackie Michael Vosloo
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LISTING INFO
Listed: JSE Limited
Short name: Telemasters
Long Name: Telemasters Holdings Limited
JSE Code: TLM
Currency: ZAR
Reg No: 2006/015734/06
JSE Sector: Fixed Line Telecommunications
Founded: 2006
Listed: 12 March 2007
ISIN: ZAE 000093324
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