Chemical Technology April 2016

The AES group has appointed Leapeetswe ‘Papi’ Molotsane as nonexecutive director to the board of AES South Africa. Molotsane’s role will be AES group appoints ‘Papi’ Molotsane as nonexecutive director

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to help identify strategic direction for continued growth. He is an experienced corporate director, having been involved in a wide range of industries ranging from logistics to manu- facturing. Starting out as a systems engineer for ISM (now IBMSouth Africa), Molotsane worked for Eskom as a sales engineer before being appointed marketing manager at Nampak and eventually divisional general manager responsible for Nampak’s Cape Town plant. He then moved to food services (CEO of Fedics for four years) and subsequently Transnet, where he was group executive of operations with oversight responsibility for five divisions: Petronet, Port Operations, Freight Dynamics, Metrorail and Transwerk (now Transnet Engineering). Appointed CEO of Telkom in 2005, Molotsane resigned in 2007 to develop his own business portfolio with investments in telecommunications, water purification, solar energy and microbrewing. He has consulted with listed companies and managed Africa Commodities Group, a company sourcing commodities primarily for the Asian market. He sits on the boards of several companies. Molotsane holds bachelor’s degrees from the University of Toledo in Ohio, USA, in indus- trial engineering and business, and a master’s degree in business science fromHood College, Maryland, USA. He also successfully completed the prestigious Stanford University Executive Programme, in 2001, forming a network of friends and business connections that he feels confident will help grow the AES group. Married with one daughter, Molotsane’s interests include hiking, reading, music and wildlife. He walked the Camino with his wife in 2013 to celebrate their 25th wedding anni- versary, and has also hiked the Great Wall of China. Molotsane’s appointment to the AES board became ef- fective in January of this year. AES is a British group comprising mechanical seals company AESSEAL and sister company AESPUMP. In South Africa, AESSEAL is the acknowledged leader in mechanical seals, while AESPUMP targets local markets for specialised pumps and compressors. For more information contact: Rob Waites (managing director) on tel: +27 11 466-6500; or email: rwaites@aesseal.co.za

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