BotswanaPost appoints Acting CEO
Friday, March 20, 2015
Botlhole- Mmopi
Botlhole-Mmopi has served Botswana Post before as Chief Financial Officer where she is said to have turned the Finance and Procurement Department around, until 2013 when she was appointed head of mail business. “In that role she spearheaded operational efficiency improvements and innovations around physical mail. She also drove the ‘Addressing Botswana Project’, which is currently at pilot phase,’ reads the statement, issued by the Board Chairman, Pusoetsile Motau.
Her career spans across various industries including mining, banking, energy and telecommunications. She has held leadership positions at both national and regional level, which includes being head of Barclays Africa finance unit, at some stage based in South Africa. She currently serves on the Bank of Botswana board and Morupule Coal Mine boards.
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