Tourvest names chief exec

SEAN Joubert has been
appointed chief executive
of the integrated tourism
group, Tourvest, from
January 1. He succeeds
Tommy Edmond, who
retires at the end of the
year.
Sean, 50, is currently
the coo of Quintica a
UK-registered company that
streamlines and automates
business processes and
workflows. Before that, he
was chief financial officer
of Dimension Data MEA
(Middle East
and Africa)
and managing
director of the
Dimension
Data Systems
Integration
Business for
MEA. Educated
at the University
of Johannesburg,
he is a chartered
accountant by
profession.
Tourvest chairman,
Robert Gumede, said that
with Sean’s
technological
background,
solid mergers
and acquisition
experience,
and proven
record in
building
businesses in
South Africa
and elsewhere
in Africa, he
would be
an invaluable asset to
Tourvest.