Keabetswe Modimoeng

Dr Keabetswe Modimoeng is the 5th Executive Chairperson of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) appointed in August 2020. In 2016 he was appointed to the Council of ICASA for a four-year term where he served three years as Councillor and the final year as Acting Chairperson. He is a corporate governance specialist with global Public Affairs experience. Earlier in his career, he held corporate communications roles at Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) and Anglo American (Kumba Iron Ore). He is a former Sunday Times Labour and Business Journalist where he won the 2009 Workers World Productions Labour Journalist of the Year Award. Prior to joining ICASA, he was the Public Affairs and Corporate Citizenship Manager for Samsung Electronics (Africa) head office- with frequent interface reporting to the global headquarters in South Korea.

At Samsung Electronics, he successfully led various multinational Corporate Citizenship initiatives across the African continent, with flagship health and education projects in Sudan, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania to name a few.

Dr Modimoeng holds an MBA (Best dissertation award) from Regent Business School and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Management Sciences specializing in Business Administration from Durban University of Technology. He further completed an Executive Development Program at the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School) as well and a Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard University (Kennedy School).

He previously served as Deputy Chairperson of Brand South Africa Board of Trustees (Presidential appointee), South African Weather Service Board, Member of Senate at the Tshwane University of Technology amongst others.

Dr Modimoeng is an avid reader and published poet, recipient of the 2011 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award.