Board of Directors
Chairman: Captain Mpho Mamashela
Mpho Mamashela is a qualified aviation executive. He studied and trained for his Commercial Pilots license & flight operations management through Lufthansa Verkehrsfliegerschule in Bremen (Germany) and PSA Flight School in Phoenix Arizona. He later joined Lesotho Airways as an airline pilot, afterwards he moved to Anglo American Corporation/De Beers as Flight operations manager for their west coast operations in Klienzee.
Mr. Mamashela was appointed as a member of ICAO flight crew licensing panel to represent Africa, of which there are only 15 members worldwide.
He later joined South African Airways in 1994, where he initiated Vulindlela, an aviation career awareness program for the previously disadvantaged groups of South Africa. He also established South African Airway's cadet pilot training programme, from where SAA's majority of black pilots were trained. Mamashela did his airline management training with Henley University (U.K.).
Mr. Mamashela is a senior captain/pilot for South African Airways on the Airbus A340 and he also heads the airlines 2010 office. He is a member of 2010 Aviation Sub-Sector Task Team involved in the country's aviation preparations to meet the demands of the World Cup in 2010.
Mr. Arthur Bradshaw: Member of the Audit & Risk Committee and Procurement Committee
He is a qualified Chief Air Traffic Controller; he also obtained a Private Pilots Licence. He was previously the first Approach Standards Officer, Director: Air Traffic Services, Head of Aeronautical Search and Rescue Operations, Divisional Manager: Air Traffic Services (ATNS).
He was also appointed to the Minister of Transports Committee tasked to propose the transport strategy into the future. (Moving South Africa). Mr. Bradshaw was responsible for the reconstruction of specific regulations governing ATS and, the enactment of aeronautical SAR.
He was appointed to the ICAO ATM Concept Panel in 1998. Later appointed as chair of the panel renamed ATMRPP (ATM Requirements and Performance Panel).
He was a General (Executive) Manager Air Traffic Management (Planning and Standards) at ATNS, and also Head of Aeronautical Search and Rescue Operations until 2005 when he retired. He was awarded: CANSO award, the ICAO Laurel award, the South African Minister of Transports' award and the ATNS Chairman's award.
Currently consults the ATM Community under the banner of Air Traffic Management System Advisors.
Ms. Hlengiwe Makhathini: Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee and member of Procurement Committee
Ms. Makhathini is a qualified Chartered Accountant of South Africa. She holds a B Com Accounting and B Com Honours Accounting from the University of Natal. She is currently working as a Senior Manager at the National Empowerment Fund.
Prior to joining the National Empowerment Fund she worked for Standard Bank as a Management Accountant. Ms. Makhathini worked as an articles clerk at Investec Bank Limited where she gained a lot of knowledge and experience in the finance and banking industry.
Ms. June Crawford: Member of the Audit Risk Committee and Procurement Committee
June Crawford was the Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa from 2005 to 2008.
Prior to that she held the position of Director: Ground Services, Southern Africa for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines with the responsibility for South Africa, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
She served as a Director and Deputy Chairman of Aviation Co-ordination Services (Pty) Ltd from 2001 to 2008.
She was a member of the Board of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa for several years.
She has extensive management experience and is an Associate of the Trinity College of London. She is a member of the Institute of Directors.
Dr. Kamalluddien Parker: Chairman of the Procurement Committee and a member of Human Resources Committee
Dr. Kamalluddien Parker serves on several local and international advisory, evaluation and review panels in the areas of new technology research and development. He is an internationally awarded technology development specialist with a PhD from Monash University, Melbourne, MSc, BSc. Mechanical engineering from University of Cape Town. Dr Parker’s post doctoral work experience in the aerospace field has been with leading international institutions including CALTECH, TUDelft, Fraunhoffer, NUS and Stanford.
Dr. Parker started at Denel Aerospace as a senior engineer. After lecturing at Monash University, Australia, Dr. Parker returned to head the National Advanced Manufacturing Programs of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) - focusing on the development of the local aerospace industry. Dr. Parker has served on the board of several state programs with the dti (National Aerospace Centre of Excellence, National Space Council Technical Committee) and DST (NRF international bilateral program) as well as the private sector with Imperial Holdings group, as Executive Director: EQSTRA manufacturing.
In 2006, Dr. Parker was appointed by the DST as National Contact Point: Aerospace. In 2007, Dr. Parker was a finalist of the Leading Young Researcher-of-the-year award by the National Science & Technology Foundation. In 2008, Dr. Parker received the Minister’s commendation for contribution to promoting EU:SA S&T bilateral partnerships and in 2009 his company was awarded the Technology Top 100 award in South Africa. Dr. Parker is currently the Managing Director of Strategic Technology Services Company, ZRW Mechanika operating in different sectors.
Ms. Mantuka Maisela: Chairman of Human Resources Committee and member of Procurement Committee
Mantuka Maisela has 30 years of experience as a Human Resources Practitioner. She has held various management positions at strategic level - Vice President Human Capital at PETRO SA, Group Human Resources Director at Murray & Roberts Limited and Human Resources Director at RUC Mining a division of Murray & Roberts. She brings an extensive experience at both strategic and operational level.
Ms. Maisela holds a Masters Degree (Human Resources), a post graduate diploma (Human Resources) from the University of Witwatersrand. She also holds a production management diploma from
Besides serving on the ATNS board, Mantuka serves on the Board of the Eskom pension and provident fund. She chairs the Human Capital Committees on these boards.
Patrick Dlamini: Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Patrick Khulekani Dlamini was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Air Traffic and Navigation Services in 2009. Prior to joining ATNS Patrick held several positions including Executive Vice President & General Manager: Cargo, South African Airways, and Business Unit Executive-MPT in Transnet Limited. Mr. Dlamini studied at the University of Durban-Westville where he graduated and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree.
He completed the Executive Development Programme through the University of the Witwatersrand’s Business School which included visiting world class companies in the USA. Patrick has also completed a Director Development Programme at the Institute of Directors (IOD) and is a member of the IOD.Serving on a number of committees Mr. Dlamini is a non-executive director of Joburg Water (Pty) Limited.
Solomon Mngomezulu: Company Secretary
