Nolo Letele

Non-executive director at Naspers

Nolo Letele (South African) is a non-executive director. He joined M-Net in 1990 and pioneered MultiChoice’s expansion outside South Africa. In 1995, he moved to the Republic of Ghana, where he served as MultiChoice’s West African regional general manager. In 1999, he was appointed chief executive officer of MultiChoice South Africa Holdings Proprietary Limited (MultiChoice SA), and later served as the MultiChoice group chief executive officer until 2010, when he was appointed executive chair of MultiChoice SA; currently non-executive chair. He has won several awards including Media Man of the Year in 2001 (Saturday Star—Business Report); Media Owner of the Year in 2003 (Financial Mail Adfocus); and the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize for media development in Africa (Millennium Excellence Foundation). He holds a BScHons in electronic engineering from the University of Southampton.