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Judi Nwokedi: New role at tourism to travel retail group Tourvest |
SOUTH AFRICA. Black-owned and global integrated tourism company Tourvest has appointed Judi Nwokedi as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Member of the board with effect from 1 February.
Group chief executive Tommy Edmond said Nwokedi would have a “transformational impact” on the company’s operations. “She will drive our expansion into Africa and the BRICS countries and, among other things, lead our stakeholder engagements,” Edmond said.
Nwokedi headed the public broadcasting unit at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) between 2001 and 2005. She is also a past CEO of Motorola Sub-Saharan Africa and a former Senior Vice President of AREVA in South Africa, the French multi-national conglomerate focused on nuclear and other carbon-free power generation solutions. She sits on the boards of the South African Nuclear New Business Consortium and the Consolidated Infrastructure Group. Nwokedi chairs the AIDS Consortium and the International Women’s Forum South Africa’s Global Business Connect sub-committee.
Tourvest Chairman Robert Gumede said: “Judi is a highly respected leader with global business networks and values strongly aligned to those of Tourvest. We believe she can unlock considerable value for the company as it starts its next growth phase.”
