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Chief Executive OfficerJonas Bogoshi
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Jonas Bogoshi is a determined and principled leader. He came from humble beginnings and believes that when challenges face a company, employees need clarity from an honest and transparent leadership team. Jonas was appointed to his current role in June 2018 and brings his deep knowledge and expertise of the ICT sector to our organisation.
Jonas wants to see BCX building an agile ecosystem through partnering with small and medium-sized companies, to build on partnerships already established with bigger players in all sectors of the economy. He views our customers as partners and sees our role as not only reinventing the customer experience, but also to create new solutions so that we can future-proof the businesses we work with. One of Jonas’s goals is to see BCX providing effective and efficient pay-per-consumption services when migrating clients into cloud computing, and then encouraging customers to invest the resultant savings in digital transformation.
With a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town, Jonas has more than 28 years’ experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. Before joining BCX he was Country Manager for data storage giant EMC Corporation. When Dell acquired EMC in 2016, Jonas took on the role of Channel Lead in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. He has served as Vice President of Sales at T-Systems, Chief Executive Officer of GijimaAST, Chief of Strategic Services at the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), and as Commercial Sector Manager at Cisco Systems.
“Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.” – Tom Peters
Chief of Sales and SolutionsSiyabulela Mpahlwa |
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Siya joined BCX in 2005 as an account executive in the public sector space looking after Western Cape customers. He went on to serve as a strategy analyst in the international division within BCX, with his first assignment being the identification of a new expansion target for BCX. After successfully identifying Kenya as the new BCX country for expansion, he moved to Kenya for a period of three years. In Kenya he was responsible for the registration of the BCX Kenya subsidiary, vendor registration, business development and service management.
Upon his return to South Africa in 2013, he was appointed as the Managing Executive responsible for the service integration management division within BCX where he oversaw a revamp of the services with a strong focus on ITIL.
In 2017 he moved back into the sales division as a Managing Executive responsible for Gauteng Corporate customers. Three years later he was moved into the retail, CPG and international space to lead the sales teams in those respective verticals.
Siya holds a BTech in Information Technology from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He also holds several business qualifications from GIBS, Stellenbosch University, Wits Business School and UCT Graduate School of Business. Siya resides in Johannesburg, South Africa, with his wife and two kids.
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality” – Warren Bennis
Chief Client Operation OfficerShaheen Vawda |
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Before joining BCX, Shaheen was Channel Sales Director at Dell EMC South Africa. He led the Channel Sales organisation in South Africa and Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, implementing and heading up a consultative selling approach to position Dell EMC’s global strategy. Shaheen previously held positions at Microsoft and T-Systems.
Shaheen holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of the Witwatersrand.
“Our offerings today define tomorrow’s customer experience.”
Chief Human Resources OfficerHope Lukoto |
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A trained psychologist and executive coach, Hope has over 16 years’ experience in private practice and consulting. She joined BCX as Chief Human Resources Officer in October 2018 and sees herself as a transformer and problem-solver, with a vision for the future. Hope has a special interest in acting as a catalyst for change, coaching leaders who are in transition, and helping them to identify and develop strategies for employee engagement.
Her goal is to empower and inspire the employees within her organisation and to develop her team of Human Resources (HR) professionals into strategic business partners.
Before joining BCX, Hope held Human Resources positions at BMW and First National Bank, where she worked for nine years, before launching her own coaching company.
Hope has several qualifications, including a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pretoria and an advanced Human Resources Executive Programme Certificate from the Michigan Ross School of Business. Hope is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).
“Enabling you to deliver great service to our customers.”
Chief Financial OfficerCheryl-Jane Kujenga |
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She has held several senior executive management positions at various multinational organisations. In 2020, Cheryl-Jane was appointed as Group CFO at Ascendis Health and subsequently served as its Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to Ascendis Health, she served as the Group CFO for the Adcorp Group for a period of two years, upon which she was nominated and appointed by the Board as the Interim CEO for a period of eight months. Cheryl-Jane has also served as a Partner at Ernst & Young for nine years and was the Strategic Growth Markets Leader for Africa.
Her senior executive experience is bolstered by an Executive Master in Business Administration from the University of Cape Town and a Bachelor of Accounting Science (BCompt Honours) from the University of South Africa, with professional qualifications attained at the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe (ICAZ).
“Opportunities don’t happen, you create them” – Chris Grosser