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CEO TODAY AFRICA AWARDS 2020 62 South Africa Shameel Joosub CEO & Executive Director of Vodacom Group About Shameel Joosub Shameel joined Vodacom in 1994 and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at Vodacom Group Limited, a position he has held since 2012. He has extensive telco experience having operated at a senior level in various companies across the group for the last 22 years, including Managing Director at Vodacom South Africa and Chief Executive Officer at Vodafone Spain. Shameel holds board positions at Vodacom Group Limited, Safaricom Plc, and a number of subsidiary boards across the group. Shameel served on the Vodacom Group Board from 2000 until March 2011, when he was seconded to Spain. He was re-appointed to the Vodacom Group Board in September 2012 after his return from Spain. Shameel also sits on the board of Business Leadership South Africa. He was appointed to the Vodafone Group Exco in April 2020. Firm Profile Vodacom Group is a subsidiary of the multinational Vodafone and we’ve aligned purchasing processes and practises across the Vodacom and Vodafone territories in which the companies operate. Vodacom makes use of the services of the Vodafone Procurement Company (VPC) who have relationships with a network of global suppliers as well as certain local suppliers. Through this we benefit from economies of the scale and scope of purchasing activities across the Vodafone Group and are able to work closely with suppliers to tackle issues of human rights, fair labour practices, environmental protection, energy, climate change, health, safety and sustainability in our supply chain. We demand high ethical, health and safety, social and environmental standards of all our suppliers and we work with our suppliers to achieve and improve adherence and performance through continuous monitoring, assessments and engagements. These standards are set out in our Code of Ethical Purchasing. Vodacom is a leading African communications company providing a wide range of communication services, including mobile voice, messaging, data, financial and converged services to 116 million (including Safaricom) customers. From our roots in South Africa, we have grown our mobile network business to include operations in Tanzania, the DRC, Mozambique, Lesotho and Kenya. Our mobile networks cover a population of over 289 million people. Through Vodacom Business Africa (VBA), we offer business managed services to enterprises in 51 countries. Vodacom is majority owned by Vodafone (60.5% holding), one of the world’s largest communications companies by revenue. Vodacom Foundation – celebrating two decades of delivering social value For over 19 years, we’ve been contributing to societal development by promoting education and health as well as safety and security initiatives. We’ve partnered with reputable organisations since 1999 to grant over R1.2 Billion towards various programmes including; anti women and child abuse, facial reconstruction surgeries and providing Internet connectivity in schools. www.vodacom.com