Imtiaz Patel steps down as MultiChoice chair
Described by MultiChoice as an ‘excellent and experienced successor’, Elias Masilela will take over the reins from Patel from April 1
11 September 2023 - 11:56
UPDATED 11 September 2023 - 23:11
Imtiaz Patel will step down after nearly three years as Multichoice’s nonindependent nonexecutive chair in a move that is likely to improve governance standards after the company came under fire for having cosy deals with board members that exposed it to potential conflicts of interest.
Africa’s biggest pay-TV group appointed Elias Masilela, a long-standing independent member of the board, to succeed Patel — one of the board members with consultancy contracts with the group — in six months’ time...
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