Dube TradePort Corporation announces its new CEO

The board of Dube TradePort Corporation (DTPC) announced the appointment of the new chief executive officer, Hamish Erskine yesterday (Monday, September 19).

The announcement came after Erskine has been leading the organisation’s operations in an acting role since February 2015.

“A number of crucial processes had to take place in the appointment of our new CEO,” said the board chairperson Dr Zanele Bridgette in her address to DTPC employees.

“After receiving 143 applications, the Board embarked on a meticulous recruitment process which resulted in Hamish Erskine being selected as the most suitable candidate to lead Dube TradePort Corporation.

“We are grateful to Hamish for his tried and tested leadership over the last 19 months. Although it appears to have been an extended length of time that the organisation has been lead by an acting CEO, there has been no negative impact on the performance of DTPC. In fact, the organization has excelled over the last 19 months and continued to deliver on its mandate.”

Achievements highlighted:

• A clean audit for the fourth consecutive year;
• Achieving 84% of the organisations’ Annual Performance Plan in the 2015/16 year;
• Securing three new international airlines, namely Turkish Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and Qatar Airways, all within two months;
• A 46% growth in international air passengers between July 2015 and July 2016;
• A 25% growth in international cargo airfreight from January to July 2016;
• Confidence by the dti to designate DTPC as a Special Economic Zone;
• Yangtze Optics Africa Holding’s new R250-million optical fibre manufacturing facility, with 150 jobs created, 98% of these jobs going to local people;
• SAMSUNG Electronics increasing their footprint at DTPC with an additional R35-million warehouse facility; and
• SA Health’s R150-million condom manufacturing facility creating 145 jobs.”

In his role as the CEO of Dube TradePort Corporation, Hamish Erskine will be responsible for leading the organisation as it grows its investment assets throughout its development zones under the umbrella of both the Special Economic Zones and commercial business zones.

Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone is expected to drive the development of new industrial and manufacturing investment as well as agro-industry and processing in Dube AgriZone.

This will also expand to include a new Automotive Supply Park in the south of Durban.

In his response to D Gasa’s  announcement, Hamish commented, “Your continued guidance and faith in me is the ultimate reason that DTPC has continued so smoothly, and achieved so much in this “acting” period.

““My utmost thanks and gratitude to the Board of DTPC, and especially our Chairperson, Dr Gasa,” said Erskine.

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