Executive Management

Boitumelo is responsible for providing the strategic financial direction to the Company, its Executive and the Board as well as provide oversight of the management of financial forecasting and budgeting. She also provides oversight of the preparation of all financial reporting and analysis and advisory on long-term business and financial planning. 

Boitumelo is armed with over 20 years work experience in financial management including finance integration, business transformation, financial planning & analysis, audit and assurance, strategic decision support, investor relations and Mergers & Acquisitions support. She has held various senior positions in several companies listed below: 

• • Finance Director –  Kgalagadi Breweries (Pty) Limited;
  • Finance Director –  Malawi Beverages Limited; and 
  • Finance Executive –  SABMiller plc in the United Kingdom;

She is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) as well as a Fellow Member of Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA). She also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Derby. She has previously undertaken a Management Development Programme through the Gordon Institute of Business School (GIBS).

Aldrin is responsible for the technical arm of the business, being the Information Systems Division, Technology Division, and the Transformation Division. He provides leadership in implementing the Company’s Digital Strategy, lead the delivery of corporate programmes portfolio and identifying and forging relationships with strategic partners. He is also responsible for BTC Facilities and Fleet, as well as BTC corporate security services. 

Aldrin is an astute Telecommunications engineering Executive with over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He is highly experienced in strategy formulation and execution, business development/product development and management, Telecommunications Technology and engineering. He was the founding Technical Executive of BOFINET from inception and was previously the Chief Technical Officer of Liquid Telecom Botswana. 

He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Management College of South Africa (MANCOSA), and a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree in Telecommunication Systems from Coventry University (UK). He is an Alumni of the University of Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development Programme, and the Africa Directors programme.

Sidney is tasked with advising the Board and Company on governance matters and providing secretarial services to the Board. He also oversees the Legal and Regulatory functions of the Company to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. 

He has over 17 years’ cumulative private sector experience in legal, compliance and regulation and corporate governance.

Sidney holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Botswana (UB) and is also an Associate Chartered Company Secretary from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Southern Africa (ICSA). Sidney also completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Tax & Audit from the Botswana Accountancy College (BAC). He has also undergone Senior Management Development Programme (SMDP) training with the University of Stellenbosch Business School.

Abel oversees the operation and management of all financial systems and processes within the business, which includes Treasury, Budgeting, Credit and Financial Control, etc., to ensure compliance with regulatory and financial reporting standards. He also provides professional finance input into the creation and maintenance of a BTC business strategy that delivers shareholder value.

He has more than 25 years’ experience in both the private and public sectors. Abel possesses a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting from the University of Botswana and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Botswana Institute of Accountants (BICA). He is an Alumni of the University of Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development Programme

Same’s role is to ensure that BTC has and maintains a robust Risk and Internal Audit Strategy. He oversees the Risk and Internal Audit Division, providing BTC Management and Board with an

independent and objective assurance on risk management, internal controls and governance processes. Reporting to the Managing Director and the Board, Same has to ensure business continuity, sustainability and compliance with best practice corporate governance and reporting standards.

Same has close over 23 years’ experience in Internal Audit and Risk Management. He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) UK, and a Fellow Member of the Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA). He is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) USA and the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) in the UK.

Lebudi is tasked with maintaining a comprehensive Sales Strategy for the Enterprise market segment which will drive sales and revenue growth thus contributing towards the delivery of Shareholder value for BTC. He is responsible for positioning BTC to compete effectively in a highly competitive and mature telecommunications market for Fixed and Mobile products and services. 

He has over 20 years’ experience in the Telecommunications industry having spent most of his career at BTC and rising through the ranks. He has experience in Customer Relationship Management (Front Office and Back Office) and Strategy Development, amongst others. 

Lebudi holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from North West University in South Africa and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Botswana. He also holds a Diploma in Telecommunications Management, Associate Diploma in Banking, Post Graduate certificate in Enterprise Risk Management and Prince 2 Foundation Certificate in Project Management. He successfully completed the Senior Management Development Programme (SMDP) through the University of Stellenbosch.

Peter is mandated with planning, building and managing the operational functions of the vast BTC telecommunications network. He is also tasked with developing strategic plans to transform and deploy the BTC network to achieve business targets.

He has over 19 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry. Peter holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Botswana (UB). He is also an Alumnus of the Stellenbosch Business School, Senior Management Development Training Programme.

Nelson is responsible for directing BTC’s overall Information Systems (IS) strategy to ensure that the company’s IS investments are aligned to the strategic business initiatives. He develops IT governance frameworks, policies and ensures implementation that enable the efficient and secure utilization of BTC Information Technology platforms. 

Nelson has been in the Information Technology (IT) industry for 15 years and has in-depth knowledge and expertise in IT management, IT strategy planning, development and execution, risk optimization, resource optimization and benefit realization. He has held various positions in numerous companies namely; Huawei Technologies- Botswana, Mascom Wireless, and most recently Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) where he was Head of IT department.

Nelson has a Bachelor of Science Computer Engineering from Clarkson University, New York, United States of America. He is a certified Balanced Scorecard practitioner with the Balanced Scorecard Institute, a certified COBIT practitioner and a professional member of ISACA. He has undergone Management Development Programme and Senior Management Development Programme with the University of Stellenbosch.