DTC - Datatec Limited - Rob Evans appointed chief financial officer

DTC - Datatec Limited - Rob Evans appointed chief financial officer             
Datatec Limited                                                                 
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number: 1994/005004/06)                                           
ISIN: ZAE000017745                                                              
Share Code: DTC                                                                 
ROB EVANS APPOINTED CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER                                     
Datatec Limited ("Datatec" or "the Group", JSE/AIM: DTC), the international     
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) group, has appointed Rob Evans  
Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1 June 2012. He will be nominated to   
the Board and become Chief Financial Officer-designate from 1 March 2012.  Ivan 
Dittrich, the Group`s current CFO, has accepted the position of Chief Financial 
Officer of Vodacom and will leave Datatec in June after its full year results   
are published.                                                                  
Robert (Rob) Price Evans (46) has held a wide range of international operational
and financial roles, both within the Group and in a number of other             
international companies.                                                        
Having worked for Datatec earlier in his career, Rob rejoined the Group in 2008,
initially as an integration and transformation executive with oversight for the 
Group`s emerging markets operations in Africa, India and the Middle East (AIME).
He then became Chief Operating Officer of Westcon AIME. Since 2010 he has been  
Head of the Consulting Services division and was recently appointed Chairman of 
Analysys Mason.  He is on several of the Group`s subsidiary boards.             
Between 2000 and 2008, he worked in a variety of UK and international roles     
including sales leadership and business development at NCC Group and independent
management consultancy where he undertook various assignments for Tech Data,    
Intermec and Citrix.                                                            
Between 1996 and 2000, Rob was Datatec`s UK Finance Director and then Group M&A 
Director during which time he worked on more than 20 acquisition projects.  He  
was also closely involved in the operational review and integration of newly    
acquired businesses around the world.                                           
In 1996 he was UK Finance Director of Data Translation, a 3Com and networking   
vendor distribution subsidiary of a US group.  Rob`s role included operational  
restructuring and working with the US parent to sell the business.  Prior to    
that, Rob was EMEA Controller of Proudfoot.                                     
Rob qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG, working in London and        
Melbourne, and holds a BSc degree in Mathematics and Economics from Leicester   
University.                                                                     
Save as set out above, there are no details in relation to the appointment which
need to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.        
Jens Montanana, Datatec`s Chief Executive commented:                            
"I am delighted to welcome Rob as Datatec`s new Chief Financial Officer.  He has
very strong strategic and operational credentials having worked extensively     
around the world and held a wide range of financial, operational and M&A roles  
both within Datatec and other organisations internationally.                    
"On behalf of the Board and the Group, I would like to thank Ivan for his hard  
work and diligence over the last 13 years.  He has made a very valuable         
contribution to the Group particularly since his appointment as CFO in 2008 and 
we wish him well in his new role."                                              
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