Hansby quits Cape Chamber post

An offer he simply could not refuse has prompted dynamic Ricardo Hansby to quit after only two months as executive director of the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce and Industry in favour of a national government post as deputy directorgeneral for finance and development in Pretoria. Hansby’s sudden departure has come as a shock to the Chamber, says president Michael Bagraim – but it is not entirely unexpected, given Hansby had from the outset admitted to several employment irons in the fire, one of these the position he has belatedly been offered and accepted. Hansby replaced Albert Schuitmaker, executive director for 11 of his 26 years at the Chamber