by Thinus Ferreira
MultiChoice South Africa CEO Nyiko Shiburi is relinquishing the role after three years to head up a newly-created technology division at the Randburg-based pay-TV company with SuperSport CEO Marc Jury becoming the new MultiChoice SA CEO.
Teix Texeira is stepping in as interim SuperSport CEO for a year, while Rendani Ramovha, the head of marketing and commercial for SuperSport, is being groomed for the SuperSport CEO position which he will take over from April 2024 as SuperSport CEO-designate.
In response to media query, MultiChoice told TVwithThinus on Friday afternoon that Nyiko Shiburi is exiting his position as MultiChoice SA CEO and becoming MultiChoice group chief technology officer.
For the past few weeks insiders have also told TVwithThinus about planned C-suite executive changes coming to various countries within the MultiChoice Africa fold - notably Kenya, Angola and MultiChoice's overall team of regional African executives, but MultiChoice didn't confirm any of these changes on Friday.
MultiChoice says that it is garden-walling its broadcast technology division, enterprise business systems, group digital, DStv streaming technology and project management office under one division, with Nyiko Shiburi moving over as MultiChoice chief technology officer.
"We are repositioning our
technology area to lead our next growth phase and to deliver on our vision of
becoming the technology platform of choice for African households. We have
consolidated everything related to technology, engineering, and technical
divisions into a technology hub," says Calvo Mawela, MultiChoice group CEO.
"Nyiko has extensive leadership
experience in the technology space, having grown within the MultiChoice ranks
from senior manager for broadcast engineering and group GM for the broadcast
technology division."
"His technology background and experience together with his
commercial experience from having ran SA and the Southern region places him in
good stead to lead this new division and deliver the best technology to achieve
our goals."
Nyiko Shiburi's seat is filled by SuperSport CEO Marc Jury as the new MultiChoice SA CEO.
"Marc has a track record of
excellence in execution in SuperSport. He has extensive experience in
leadership roles across the sports and entertainment sectors in Europe, Africa
and the Middle East," says Calvo Mawela.
Prior to being SuperSport CEO, Marc Jury was responsible for the commercial aspects of SuperSport which
included managing sports-related programming across the SuperSport channels and
marketing the content of these channels.
SuperSport changes
Rendani Ramovha is now SuperSport CEO-designate and will take over a year from now in April 2024.
He is currently head of marketing
and commercial, responsible for driving the commercial growth and building
partnerships opportunities for SuperSport across the African continent.
Calvo Mawela says "Rendani has driven some of the
most exciting innovations within SuperSport, including SuperSport Schools,
SuperPicks (the BetKing and SuperSport partnership) and the SA20 Cricket League".
Teix Texeira who be the interim SuperSport CEO for the next 12 months.
Teix has been chief content officer for SuperSport over the past year, having recently re-joined SuperSport
from Sky in New Zealand, where he occupied various leadership roles including
CEO of Sky Sports. Within SuperSport he has previously held several roles,
including head of productions and head of channels.
"We are excited about this new
leadership team and believe they will play a key role in our journey to become
a technology platform of choice," Calvo Mawela says.
