Patrick Dlamini: Chief Executive Officer

Patrick 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 was a non-executive Director of Joburg Water (Pty) Limited.

Dumisani H. Sangweni: Executive in the office of the CEO

Dumisani Sangweni has worked in the airline industry, transport sector and broader corporate and public sectors at a business analyst, consulting and executive management level spanning a period of approximately 15 years.  Dumisani was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) by the ATCL Board in 2004, a joint venture company between South African Airways and the Government of Tanzania.  Prior to this Dumisani had worked in various commercial Executive roles at SAA including working at a consulting level in the aviation and broader general transport industries.

Hennie Marais: Executive ATM

Hennie started his career in aviation in 1980 and obtained Aerodrome, Approach and Area Procedural and Radar validations.  He has worked as an Aerodrome, Approach and Area Procedural and Radar controller at various airports and Air Traffic Control Centres within South Africa and also served as an on-job-training-instructor and Validation Examiner.  He has served as the Head of ATS Training and Manager Compliance and Standards at the Aviation Training Academy.

In September 2004 he was transferred to the Isando Corporate Offices as Manager: Standards Assurance. In this post he was responsible for the safety and regulatory oversight function within the company. He was appointed as Senior Manager ATM Planning, Research and Development at the ATM/cns Department in Isando from July 2006and was responsible for the strategic planning of the ATM services to be delivered by ATNS into the future.

Mr. Marais is a member of the ICAO ATM Requirements and Performance Panel.

Peter Marais: Executive Operations

Peter is a graduate Electronics Engineer and registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa. He was previously the Principal Radar Engineer at the National Department of Transport, Engineering Manager for ATNS, General Manager Technical Services for ATNS, Executive Manager training for ATNS and Executive Manager ATM/cns. He is the chairperson of the South African Development Community's Upper Airspace Control Centre Steering Committee and represents ATNS in regional and international bodies responsible for planning communication, navigation and surveillance infrastructure in the region. He also chaired the cns committee of the ICAO 11th Air Navigation Conference. He has completed the UNISA Business School's advanced Executive Management Programme.

Rushj Lehutso: Executive Commercial Services

Rushj is a University of Cape Town MBA graduate and has extensive operational and executive management experience with leading world-class companies. He spent formative and developmental years of his career with reputable companies in the FMCG Beverage sector such as South African Breweries, Coca Cola and Brand House (formerly UDV Pty Ltd). In this sector, he ran SAB's district in the Western Cape, served as a General Manager for United Distillers & Vintners Pty Ltd and he was later appointed as Operations Director at Coca Cola Southern Africa, CCSA.

In the public sector, Rushj was the Chief Operations Officer for the City of Cape Town before he joined South African Airways as the Commercial Director in 2006.

Thabani Mthiyane: Executive Engineering and Technical Services

Thabani holds a BEng (Hon) Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pretoria. He also obtained a BSc Eng in Electrical Engineering from the University of Natal and a National Diploma in Electronic Engineering from Technikon Natal.

Upon qualifying as a graduate engineer, he joined Eskom's Engineering Division and held two positions; one as a Maintenance and Refurbishment Controller and the other as a Senior Planning Engineer. He has also worked as the National Senior Electrical Engineer for the National Ports Authority of South Africa.

Moshabe William Ndlovu: Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Moshabe William Ndlovu is a CA(SA).  He served articles at Pricewaterhouse Coopers.  He joined ATNS on October 2008 as a Head of Internal Audit and was part of the Executive team.  Before joining ATNS he was Group Risk Manager for Kagiso Media Limited, a company listed on the JSE securities. 

He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of ATNS retirement fund and is an audit committee member of the Corporative Governance and Traditional Affairs National Department.  He is experienced in audit, risk, financial management and governance and as per his qualifications, a qualified Accountant.

Tendani Ndou: Executive Risk and Compliance

Tendani Ndou holds a BCom (Hons) in Cost Management Accounting from the University of Venda as well as a CIA- Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) qualification.

Tendani has served in various management positions such as at City Power: General Manager: Internal Audit, SALGA: Head Internal Audit and Risk Management, Legal Aid Board: General Audit Manager, Limpopo Provincial Internal Audit: Cluster Audit Manager and Auditor General: Auditor (Team Leader).