Overview

Gender

male

As Group Chief Digital Officer of MTN Group Herman was responsible for developing and growing the Digital business. He led the teams that grew the Digital Business to over a Billion Dollars of revenue, was a director and responsible executive of the first African Unicorn (Jumia), built one of the largest Mobile Money implementations in the world with 50 Million clients and also led the team that created Africa’s largest music streaming solution what was the fifth largest in the world in terms of paying subscribers as well as the largest mobile gaming portal in Africa with over 7 million customers. He served on 8 boards for MTN including the JV with MMI in the insurance space (aYo). In some regions the digital business made up oer 30% of total operator revenue. Herman served on the strategy advisory group of the GSMA, was the responsible executive for the investment in Travelstart (70% marketshare in ZA in the online travel business) and served on the board of MTN’s music subsidiary, Content Connect Africa.

He has played a large role in developing ecosystems of smaller firms from content providers on the various portals to payment networks with merchants and agents. He has also led the new business incubator at the University of Cape Town and the African Entrepreneurship awards for start-ups at that institution. His engagement with partnerships with smaller firms has led to the creation of new business opportunities of hundreds of millions of dollars.