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APPOINTMENTS

Logicalis South Africa appoints Iron Mountain South Africa
Chris Wilhelm as customer appoints new managing
experience manager director
Logicalis has emphasised its commitment Iron Mountain South Africa has appointed Ms
to customers with the appointment of Chris Takalane Khashane as managing director.
Wilhelm as customer experience manager. Takalane is an accomplished business
Chris’s expertise and years of experience in executive with over 17 years of experience
the service delivery industry across multiple in different leadership positions within the
sectors will further optimise cross-functional facilities management, pharmaceuticals,
innovation internally to increase customer service and brand financial services and telecommunications industries. Before her
awareness. current role, Takalane was MD for the cleaning and catering divisions
Chris will assume overall responsibility for all customer service at Servest South Africa.
delivery and building new relationships to enhance customer Takalane holds a BSc Hons and an MBA from the University
experience. Prior to this, he specialised in IT project management at of the Witwatersrand. Takalane brings to Iron Mountain a proven
various other information and communications technology companies, track record of working with high-performance companies in their
both locally and globally. He holds a National Diploma in Industrial respective industries. These include Vodacom, where she was the
Engineering and BTech in Quality Engineering Management from Cape executive head responsible for the consumer division at Vodacom
Peninsula University (CPUT), a post graduate degree in humanities Northern Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal. Additionally, she has held
obtained at Northwest University and various project management numerous executive roles within Vodacom. She was also the general
certifications. manager for corporate relations and sales at Nashua Mobile and a
senior corporate banker at Nedbank’s corporate division. Takalane
Walter Wales appointed has also worked at industry leaders such as Investec Bank, Standard
business development Bank and AstraZeneca.
manager at WEC projects WEC Projects appoints
Local water and wastewater treatment EPC
contractor, WEC Projects, has appointed Rudolf de Koning as
Walter Wales as its Business Development sales rep
Manager. Rudolf de Koning has been appointed
Wales has a background in civil sales representative at WEC Projects, a
engineering and has worked for companies local EPC contractor specialising in water
such as Murray & Roberts and Calcamite Water and Sanitation. His and wastewater treatment solutions. De
experience in the construction industry saw him participate in a Koning has a history in sales, both in the
number of high-profile projects including the Gautrain and various consumer sector as well as water and
iconic buildings throughout Southern Africa. He has also worked wastewater, his previous position being sales rep for Calcamite
extensively on water and wastewater treatment projects for the Sanitation and Wastewater.
mining, tourism and commercial sectors. He completed a BComm in Communication Management at
His responsibilities at WEC Projects include identifying business North-West University and his Honours degree in Strategic Brand
opportunities in new markets and growth areas; building new Management at the Vega School of Branding. He has also completed
partnerships and customers; and developing new products and services. courses in marketing analytics and digital marketing.

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