Mofasi Lekota
South African
B.Com & MBA

Mofasi Lekota is the Executive Deputy Chairman of the AfriSam Board of Directors. Mr. Lekota is Executive Chairman and CEO of Lekota Investments and previous served as the CEO of National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and as CEO of the Premier Soccer League in South Africa.

Erik Westerberg Swedish
Mechanical Engineer

Erik Westerberg joined Tanga Cement Company Limited as the Managing Director on 1 August 2010. Prior to joining the company, Erik worked with Heidelberg
Cement Group where he held various managerial positions in Nigeria and Ghana.
He also worked for many years with SKF Africa as regional manager for Sub-Sahara Africa.

Professor Samuel Wangwe is a highly respected academic. He is the Executive Director of REPOA, a policy think tank on development challenges. Professor Wange has published extensively.

Khamis Omar is the Principal Secretary, President’s Office - Finance, Economy and Development Planning in Zanzibar. Mr. Omar also serves on various boards including the Zanzibar Revenue Board, Bank of Tanzania and the Tanzania Revenue Authority.

Dr Stephan Olivier has been the acting CEO of AfriSam South Africa since April 2010 and was recently appointed substantively. He has held various positions in AfriSam, including Director of Marketing and Chief Operating Officer for cement operations.

Khadija Simba an entrepreneur, founder and Managing Director of Kays Hygiene Products Limited. Founder and Managing Director of Diamond Distributors Services Limited. Founding member and Chairperson of Kawe Women Economic Development Trust Fund (KAWEDETF). Mrs.  Simba serves on various boards, committees and councils including the TCCIA, CTI, TPSF, TNBC, COSTECH, EADB,  Commercial Court Users Committee, Tanzania Women’s Bank Limited.

Duncan Matshoba joined AfriSam as the Chief Financial Officer on 1 July 2009. Prior to joining AfriSam he held the positions of General Manager: Operations and Credit Risk at Nedbank, as well as Associate Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Chief Financial Officer for the Royal Bafokeng Resources Pty Ltd. He is a registered Chartered Accountant and holds a BCom and a BCompt Hons degree as well as a Certificate in the Theory of Accounting (CTA).