Mark Shuttleworth The IT billionaire, one of the fiercest critics of SA's telecom policy, has been appointed to the board of state-owned broadband company InfraCo, which is driving development of the Eassy submarine cable. Paul Jourdan The architect of SA's beneficiation legislation steps down as CEO of state-owned mining research group Mintek, which under his seven-year tenure has started to commercialise its research work. Lord Browne The former BP CEO, who quit the oil giant earlier this year after lying to a judge about his private life, returns to the energy industry by joining US private equity firm River-stone, which invests in energy firms. Edward Sungura The SAS Institute, the software and business intelligence group that is one of SAP's major competitors, has appointed Sungura as regional director for the sub-Saharan Africa region, including SA.

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