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The SA National Energy Development Institute (Sanedi) has appointed Zwanani Mathe as CEO.

He has a BSc in chemical engineering, a PhD in chemical engineering, a Master’s in business leadership, a national higher diploma in chemical engineering and a certificate in corporate governance.

He held critical portfolios at Eskom, including GM for generation engineering and for research, testing and development, and asset management, and was programme manager for the then SA National Energy Research Institute, now Sanedi, from 2007 until 2010.

He has been a board member for the Engineering

Council of SA and academic institutions.

Woolworths has appointed Brian Mtongana as executive creative director. He has been the retailer’s design director for more than 13 years and serves as Loeries Awards jury president.

He designed the patch for Mark Shuttleworth’s spacesuit and collaborated with international design heavyweights

Vince Frost and the late Massimo Vignelli in the development and implementation of the refreshed Woolies corporate identity in 2010.

Woolworths interim chief marketing officer Kate Fordyce said: “We are delighted to have someone of Brian’s calibre around our brand leadership table.”

Communications and PR agency Hill+Knowlton Strategies SA has appointed Lerato Songelwa as MD. She takes over from Jennifer Leppington-Clark, who has led the SA business for the past four years.

Songelwa’s more than 16-year career includes providing strategic communications and public relations advice and counsel to senior executives in public and private sector organisations.

“Lerato, in her previous role as our deputy MD, played an integral role in building the company’s success,” said Roz Thomas, Hill+Knowlton Strategies Africa CEO.

Said Songelwa: “Working alongside the senior leadership team in SA, I am confident that Hill+Knowlton Strategies SA will continue to build its

legacy by helping our clients succeed.”