Marc Jury, CEO of MultiChoice South Africa and Showmax, has resigned. He’ll go away the group, for which he has labored for the previous 10 years, at end-March 2025.
In a letter to workers on Friday, MultiChoice Group CEO Calvo Mawela stated Jury is leaving “to pursue alternatives within the enterprise of sport, a subject that has at all times been near his coronary heart”.
Jury was appointed as CEO of MultiChoice South Africa 18 months in the past. Previous to that, he’d been CEO of SuperSport, a job he held between 2020 and 2023.
“Whereas we’re unhappy to see him go, we’re immensely pleased with the legacy he leaves behind and are grateful for the contributions he has made to the enterprise,” Mawela wrote within the letter to staff.
“Marc will proceed to work intently with us over the following 4 months to make sure a seamless handover to his successor, Byron du Plessis, who will step into the function of CEO: MCSA on 1 December 2024, which marks the start of the handover.”
Du Plessis has been with MultiChoice for 13 years, and is at the moment group deputy chief monetary officer. In keeping with Mawela, Du Plessis has pushed varied strategic initiatives and partnerships and is intently concerned within the acquisition course of across the Canal+ bid to purchase MultiChoice.
“As CEO, Byron will deal with driving progress, enhancing execution, and fostering a successful tradition for the South African enterprise and its built-in product suite,” stated Mawela.
“Byron will proceed to assist MultiChoice Group CFO Tim Jacobs on key strategic initiatives at a gaggle stage however his major focus shall be on the South African enterprise.”
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Jury’s resignation comes as MultiChoice faces a few of the most tough buying and selling situations it has ever skilled. In a latest buying and selling assertion, the group described the working surroundings as “probably the most difficult within the group’s historical past. — © 2024 NewsCentral Media
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