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TransUnion South Africa has appointed Marcia Mayaba as sales vicepresident for auto information services. She will provide strategic leadership in business development.
Mayaba has more than 24 years of experience in the South African automotive industry, including roles in truck and car rental, leasing/fleet management, automotive retail and original equipment
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has appointed Naseema Fakir as executive director. She has been the acting executive director since the resignation of Nicole Fritz in late 2023.
During her career, Fakir spent more than 10 years at the Legal Resources Centre, including as regional director of the Johannesburg office between 2011 and 2018. She was head of the Refugee Law Clinic at Lawyers for Human Rights before she joined the foundation
International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Lesetja Morapi as a director in its competition, regulation and trade practice based in the Johannesburg office, and has promoted Ernst Müller to director.
Morapi returns to Herbert Smith Freehills from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was an associate in its antitrust, competition and trade practice group in London.
He handles all aspects of competition and antitrust regulation, including merger control, cartels and other prohibited behavioural conduct in South Africa and across Africa. His practice includes other regulatory fields such as advertising, postal, gambling and consumer protection.
Müller is a senior associate based in the firm’s Johannesburg office; he joined the firm as an associate in 2017.
He is one of the firm’s
people responsible for environmental, social and governance (ESG) across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). His practice focuses on the laws that govern the exploitation of natural resources, sustainable development and ESG-related matters.