Vuyani Jarana appointed CEO of South African Airways
Jarana is currently a Vodacom executive and will start at SAA as soon as the cellular network company releases him
Vodacom executive Vuyani Jarana has accepted one of the most challenging jobs in corporate SA, turning around the sinking state-owned South African Airways (SAA), which has lost billions of rand over the last few years and is saddled with huge debts. Jarana, who is in charge of Vodacom Business Africa, has been appointed CEO of SAA and will take up the position as soon as Vodacom releases him. While he has an impressive track record in turning around companies within the Vodacom group, Jarana faces an unenviable task at SAA, where he will have to slash costs, boost revenue and re-engineer the airline. He will also be implementing a long-term turnaround strategy and corporate plan which he did not formulate. Jarana’s appointment will bring much needed stability to the executive management of the airline which has been without a permanent CEO since the departure of Monwabisi Kalawe in 2014. There have been a series of acting CEOs, none of them in the position long enough to drive a tu...
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