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GLOBAL information and communications technology company Quintica has appointed Kerry Evans MD of its African operations, Quintica Africa.

She was previously MD of the company’s South African operation. Her responsibilities will now extend to East and West Africa, as well as continued management of the South African business.

Quintica CEO Charles Osburn said Evans had grown the local business exponentially since joining the company in 2012. BUSINESS law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has announced that Attie Pretorius will become chairman of the firm. He is presently a director and the national practice head of its real estate practice. Pretorius has been a director at the firm since 1984.

He will replace Chris Ewing, who will retire as a partner but will remain associated with the firm. He will focus on its relationship with DLA Piper and its role as one of the member firms of the DLA Piper Africa Group. He will continue to serve as a mentor to younger lawyers in the firm.

Pretorius graduated from the University of the Free State with a BCom LLB in 1978 and joined Hofmeyr Van der Merwe, as the firm was then known, in 1984. He said Ewing had been an inspiring leader. NISSAN has appointed Stuart Norman its new MD for sales and marketing in South Africa. He joins Nissan South Africa with 23 years’ experience in the automotive industry.

He began his career with Ford in 1990, moving five years later to Volkswagen South Africa, where he helped the brand to increase sales volume and customer satisfaction. His expertise was instrumental in increasing VW’s market share between 2003 and 2006, when the number of competitors had more than doubled. NEDBANK Capital has appointed Haaris Zafar its principal for mining merger and acquisition activity in Africa.

Zafar, based at Nedbank’s London office, will be responsible for expanding the Africa mining advisory business of Nedbank Capital.

Shabbir Norath, head of corporate finance at Nedbank Capital, said Zafar’s appointment would help Nedbank Capital to realise its growth strategy in Africa by supporting and providing its mining clients with sustainable advisory solutions on the continent.