University of Cape Town

Siza Mzimela is the chief executive of Transnet Freight Rail, the largest division of Transnet with 31 013 employees who are spread throughout the country. Mzimela is a seasoned business executive with 29 years’ experience gained in various senior roles across diverse industries. She has worked in the financial services, oil and gas and aviation sectors. With her experience gained primarily in aviation, Mzimela has established herself as an astute and commercial executive with business turnaround, multi-geographic and regulated industry experience.

Pheladi Gwangwa is a director for core business at Chueu Inc, a law firm based in Pretoria, where she is responsible for organizational development. This entails aligning strategy, people and processes; performance management of the professional staff – attorneys; and ensuring operational efficiencies as well as overall optimization of the business.

Professor Maano Ramutsindela took up his position as the dean of the Faculty of Science on 1 March 2019.

Prior to his appointment, he was the deputy dean of operations and professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science.

View Emeritus Professor Martin Hall's CV.

The position of chief operating officer (COO) was created in 2018 to improve the efficiency of the university’s operations by having the COO oversee all the relevant responsibilities that had previously been distributed between the then four deputy vice-chancellors (DVCs): Finance, Information and Communication Technology Services, Properties and Services, and Human Resour