JOHANNESBURG, October 6 (ANA) – South African power utility Eskom on Friday appointed its chief information officer and group executive for information technology, Sean Maritz, as its interim group chief executive effective immediately in a rotational basis of the executive role.
Maritz will replace Johnny Dladla who occupied the role of interim group chief executive since June following the suspension of another interim group chief executive, Matshela Koko.
Dladla will resume his role as the chief executive of Eskom Rotek Industries (ERI).
In a terse statement, Eskom said that the board has decided to rotate executives in this role to ensure exposure.
Eskom said it was imperative that the role of its group chief executive be permanently filled in an effort to embed organisational stability. As a result, the recruitment process for a permanent chief executive will begin in due course.
The power utility has not had a permanent chief executive since the controversial stepping down of Brian Molefe in December 2016 and his confusing return earlier this year following the release of the Public Protector’s report which implicated him in State capture.
– African News Agency (ANA)
