Pretoria – Transnet has appointed Garry Jason Pita as its Group Chief Financial Officer.
“Pita will lead all aspects of the company’s financial strategy, including overseeing the company’s funding and capital investment programmes, managing procurement, financial risks and adherence to the highest standards of governance and internal controls,” Transnet Acting Group Chief Executive Siyabonga Gama said in a statement on Tuesday.
He succeeds Anoj Singh, who joined Eskom last year. Pita has been acting Group Chief Financial Officer since Singh’s departure to Eskom.
Pita is a Chartered Accountant and over his 10 years of service at Transnet, has led key strategic aspects of Transnet’s finance function. His responsibilities included heading up the IFRS Conversion and was Head: Group Internal Control.
Before being appointed Group Chief Supply Chain officer, which is his current position, he was General Manager: Business Services, where he was responsible for ICT and Procurement.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and an Honours Degree in Accounting from Wits University.
“We are confident that Pita will excel in carrying the new responsibilities that we have entrusted in him.
“On behalf of the Board, the Group Executive Committee and the over 65 000 members of the Transnet family, we wish to thank Pita for accepting this task and wish him every success in this demanding position,” Gama said. – SAnews.gov.za
