Chief Executive Officer

Age: 59 (British)

Date of appointment: 6 October 1994

Further information

Skills, expertise and experience

Jens is the founder and CEO of Datatec Limited, established in 1986. Between 1989 and 1993, Jens served as Managing Director and Vice-President of US Robotics (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Robotics, Inc. which was acquired by 3Com in 1997. In 1993 he co-founded US start-up Xedia Corporation, which was subsequently sold to Lucent Corporation in 1999. In 1994 Jens became Chairman and CEO of Datatec. In 2001 Datatec established an independent non-executive Chairman role after which Jens continued to serve as CEO. He became Executive Chairman of Westcon International in 2017.

Board committee membership

Social and Ethics Committee

Other directorships

Chairman of Corero plc (AIM London)

Chief Financial Officer

Age: 47 (South African)

Date of appointment: 30 May 2016

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Skills, expertise and experience

Ivan rejoined Datatec on 30 May 2016 from Vodacom, where he had been Group CFO from 15 June 2012 to 31 July 2015. Prior to that, he held a number of senior executive positions at Datatec, including Group CFO from May2008 to June 2012, in a career that spanned 13 years.

Ivan qualified as a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) at Deloitte South Africa and also worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in London. He completed the Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership programme at Saïd Business School.