Bob van Dijk
Group CEO
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Деятельность
Bob van Dijk was appointed chief executive of Naspers in April 2014. He joined the group as Allegro Group CEO in August 2013 and was promoted to CEO Global Transaction eCommerce in October 2013. He has over 10 years of general management experience in online growth business, mainly with eBay and Schibsted, spanning the online marketplaces, online classifieds and fashion segments.
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Most recently he was vice-president and general manager of eBay Germany and Europe Emerging Markets. Prior to his general management career, Bob was an entrepreneur in online financial products. He started his career in McKinsey with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and media. Bob has an MBAHons from INSEAD and an MSc (cum laude) in econometrics from Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
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Bob van Dijk: Naspers’s youthful CEO, able custodian for 20% of the JSE
Although most might not appreciate it, Naspers is an integral part of every South African’s retirement plan. It accounts for a staggering 20% of the JSE’s Top 40 index (and an even heftier 28% of the SWIX), obliging every pension fund to hold a chunk of its equity. That puts a heavy responsibility onto the shoulders of 44 year old CEO Bob van Dijk, but as you’ll hear, it’s a challenge he’s up for. Coming up from three years in the job, Van Dijk is an executive very much in the mould of the group’s legendary chairman, Koos Bekker – attentive, focused, entrepreneurial and curious, our interview showed me Naspers (and the big slug it represents of the savings of South Africans) is in very good hands. Have a listen and you’re sure to agree. – Alec Hogg
Here is more from Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk
At the start of the week, Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk (44) was interviewed by CNBCAfrica at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
We linked to the interview.
Now, at the end of the week, Van Dijk gave another interview. This time an 18-minute whopper with Alec Hogg of BizNews.com in South Africa.
The interview is available (here) as a podcast.
MTN Shuffle is an Affirmation that Young Black Executives Have a Place in Corporate SA
by Gugu Lourie
When the departure of experienced MTN South Africa CEO Mteto Nyati was made public by his new employers, JSE-listed tech group Altron, it was anyone’s guess who would fill his shoes at the giant cellphone operator.
While the appointment of Godfrey Motsa as the new MTN South Africa boss was somewhat a surprise it was, however, also an affirmation of young talented black executives.
The appointment is refreshing – it is a move away from the “tried and tested” executives with the same old sterile strategies that they have used to lead corporate South Africa.