Ajay Pandey took over as MD of Neotel (Pty) Ltd in December 2005. He is the dual Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this, he was with Tata C..

Ajay Pandey took over as MD of Neotel (Pty) Ltd in December 2005. He is the dual Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this, he was with Tata Communications in India as President of the project for the company's telecoms initiative in South Africa. He has had over two decades of work experience, with over a decade in the telecoms industry. He has held many positions in the Tata Group's telecoms business.

As President of Tata Teleservices Limited, Ajay led  the company's Programme Management Office (PMO & New Circle group), which was  responsible for scaling up the company's existing operations as well as the launch of services under the Tata Indicom brand, in a project of US$ 1.2 billion across new telecoms geographies in India.

Ajay has held senior level positions such as President of Tata Indicom Enterprise Business Unit (TIEBU), which he set up in early 2003, and CEO of Tata Internet Services Limited. He is now a Board Member of this company. Prior to this he was the COO for Tata Group’s first company to set up the Basic Telephone Circle. Prior to joining the telecoms industry, he was part of the office automation industry and consumer durable industry in India.

Ajay is a mechanical engineer from REC Kurukshetra, an alumnus of London Business School and a Fellow of the Telecoms Executive Management Institute of Canada. He has published a book titled "Are You Fishing In the Right Ocean", a self-help book for young and upcoming professionals.

Khandelwal brings with him to Neotel, experience of accounts management, finance, mergers and acquisition, internal audit, materials management and commercial ma..

Khandelwal brings with him to Neotel, experience of accounts management, finance, mergers and acquisition, internal audit, materials management and commercial management.

He has been in the industry for 24 years.

Dahiya, a Telecommunications Engineer from Birla Institute of Technology took over his current assignment as Chief Network Officer of Neotel in November 2009. Pr..

Dahiya, a Telecommunications Engineer from Birla Institute of Technology took over his current assignment as Chief Network Officer of Neotel in November 2009. Prior to this he was the Executive Head – Networks at Neotel since May 2006. He worked with Tata communications aka VSNL in India as Head-Network-SNO project and has been intimately engaged with the SNO project since November 2004.

Pravir has over 23 years of work experience in the Telecommunications Industry and has held several positions in telecommunications multinationals like TATA’s and Motorola in various capacities. He has held senior level positions inOperations, Products, Project Management and Customer Service in Tata Teleservices, Motorola, Avaya Globalconnect and Tata communications (aka VSNL).

He has also been the Ethics Counsellor for the TATA group of companies during 2000-2005.

Humphries joined Neotel in 2009. She brings with her a wealth of experience from her previous roles across emerging markets including strategic planning and rela..

Humphries joined Neotel in 2009. She brings with her a wealth of experience from her previous roles across emerging markets including strategic planning and related go-to-market executions.  She is a marketing and business development strategist, implementer and achiever, experienced in creating practical and effective communication strategies utilizing a broad range of marketing techniques. Humphries has an established track record of success with implementation of both internal and external marketing and communication strategies and equipping international co-workers with best practices to integrate and execute against business goals. Humphries is knowledgeable in all marketing techniques and brand management needed to create a comprehensive strategy to accomplish organization goals effectively and efficiently.

Before joining Neotel, she was the Head of Marketing for Nakheel, the largest development company in the world, responsible for projects such as The World, The Universe and the highly acclaimed ‘The Palms’ in Dubai.

Humphries also held the position of Head of Marketing Strategy, Planning and Operations for Motorola in South East Asia, Middle East, India and Africa and was responsible for the phenomenal growth of the Motorola brand over many emerging markets including Africa.  Humphries is a board member on the Global CMO Advisory board for the Africa chapter.  In addition, she is also a board member representing Africa on the International Institute of Marketing Professionals (IIMP™) specifically the Internationally Accepted Marketing Standards Board which encompasses senior marketing leader representatives from the G-20 countries.

Humphries has a number of degrees culminating in being part of the inaugural MBA class at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).  She is currently in the process of completing a Doctorate in Business Administration.

When he joined Neotel in September 2007, Mattiello was responsible for the sales division for both business and wholesale, to coincide with the launch of the Ent..

When he joined Neotel in September 2007, Mattiello was responsible for the sales division for both business and wholesale, to coincide with the launch of the Enterprise business in November 2007. In 2008, he took on the role of Executive Head: Enterprise Business Unit and in 2009, he assumed a bigger responsibility of sales and customer service for all areas of business, i.e. Enterprise, Wholesale and Consumer.

With over 26 years experience in the ICT industry, Mattiello has worked for various South African and global organisations including Motorola, where he headed up their Networks business for Sub Sahara Africa for four years. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Sun Microsystems for Sub Saharan Africa. His experience ranges from working in small organisations to managing regional offices for large multi-national companies.

Ncala joined Neotel in June 2010 from MTN Group Limited where he was the Chief Information Officer heading up the information technology divisions across the con..

Ncala joined Neotel in June 2010 from MTN Group Limited where he was the Chief Information Officer heading up the information technology divisions across the continent of Africa. He has 12 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry. He has headed up the IT divisions of both MTN Swaziland and MTN Uganda between 1998 and 2009.

Ncala has ICT experience in both the telecoms and banking sectors.

Ndwalaza joined Neotel in 2007 from Sentech Limited where he was Human Resources Executive. He has 17 years experience in Human Resources Management and has led..

Ndwalaza joined Neotel in 2007 from Sentech Limited where he was Human Resources Executive. He has 17 years experience in Human Resources Management and has led the HR functions of General Electric and Sony in South Africa as Country Human Resources Head.

He has also worked for Premier where he held the position of Regional Human Resources Manager for Gauteng within the Bakeries Division (Blue Ribbon Bakeries).

Theko, an admitted Advocate joined Neotel from Eskom where he was Executive Assistant to the Managing Director for the Enterprise Division and also headed the Bu..

Theko, an admitted Advocate joined Neotel from Eskom where he was Executive Assistant to the Managing Director for the Enterprise Division and also headed the Business and Executive Support Department of the Enterprises Division at Eskom Holdings Limited, where he was responsible for the following departments Secretariat, Legal, Business Planning and Strategy, Communication and Stakeholders Management and CSDP/ASGISA.

Prior to this he worked as a Corporate Legal Consultant at Eskom Holdings Limited and Counsel to the Board of Directors of Eskom Enterprises (Pty) Ltd.

Cohen joined Neotel from ICASA, where she was a Councillor from July 2004 until June 2008. At ICASA, she was assigned a portfolio that entailed specific projects..

Cohen joined Neotel from ICASA, where she was a Councillor from July 2004 until June 2008. At ICASA, she was assigned a portfolio that entailed specific projects on market access and competition, including interconnection, facilities leasing and developing the competition framework required by the Electronic Communications Act.

Her previous positions include teaching posts at Wits University in Johannesburg and research posts at Columbia University in New York City; the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics. She has worked as a regulatory consultant for domestic and international organizations including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO).