Shulami Qalinge has been appointed chief executive (CE) of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), becoming the first female CE of the organisation.
She succeeds Richard Vallihu who has been appointed group executive: operational readiness, Transnet Corporate Centre. Both appointments became effective on 7 July.
Qualified as an industrial engineer and with an MBA from De Montfort University in the UK, she joined Transnet 23 years ago as an engineering technician at Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). Qalinge’s most recent position was as Transnet’s group executive: strategy, where she was responsible for the group’s growth strategy in international markets, with particular focus on generating revenue from the rest of the African continent and the Middle East.
