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South Africa : TNPA gets new COO [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) South Africa s state-owned Transnet National Port Authority (TNPA), has announced appointment of Phyllis Difeto as chief operating officer (COO). TNPS provides port infrastructure and marine services at the country s eight commercial seaports. Tau Morwe, TNPA chief executive, said, We are extremely pleased to have been able to appoint Ms. Difeto as COO at TNPA. Her Masters Degrees in Law, Commerce in Maritime Law, and Business Leadership as well as extensive experience at TNPA and at Transnet Group level as general manager in the office of the group chief executive, gives her enormous depth of understanding of the maritime industry and the organisation. Ms Difeto is the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) auditor for the SA government under the IMO Voluntary Organisation Audit Scheme. She has experience as the secretariat for the SA and Global BRICS Business Councils and is also a director for Global Maritime Legal Solutions. TNPA adds, Engagements through these two positions provide insight into the international maritime industry and the pressures on ports and port performance as well as the promotion of economic trade, business and investment amongst the business communities of the five BRICS nations. Ms. Difeto also served as a member of the government-established South African Working Group to review legislation and develop new enabling maritime labour legislation as a process of ratifying the Maritime Labour Convention. (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |