Eskom has announced that Junaid Munshi has been appointed the Group Executive for its Distribution division, from 1 June 2026. In this position, Munshi is mandated to strengthen Eskom’s customer focus and new products and services to compete in a liberalised electricity market.
Eskom has announced Junaid Munshi is appointed as the new Group Executive for Distribution.
Munshi is a seasoned executive with more than three decades of engineering, marketing and commercial leadership experience in the technology and telecommunications sectors across South Africa and other African markets. Most recently, he served as Chief Commercial Officer at Cable & Wireless Seychelles, where he was responsible for overall commercial strategy, revenue growth, and market leadership, overseeing key functions including marketing, sales, customer service, and field operations.
Prior to this, he held senior executive roles in organisations including Maziv Group, Cell C, and Vodacom Group. His leadership approach is characterised by a strong focus on customer-centric business models, innovation, digital services, and the development of high-performing teams, underpinned by a purpose-driven and results-oriented mindset.
As Eskom seeks to maintain the restored stability it has established in the power system, it recognises too, that in the reformed, liberalised marketplace it is no longer a monopoly and needs to compete to retain and expand its customer base. Hence, Group Chief Executive, Dan Marokane says, the organisation is making the necessary investments to empower its distribution division teams.
“As we have indicated before, our approach is to augment internal capabilities with external capabilities where required, to deliver on our strategy with speed. We have again seen an increase in the number and calibre of the applicants who want to work for Eskom, demonstrating that they want to bring their skills to and build their careers with the company,” Marokane noted.
Munshi holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering from the University of Cape Town, a Graduate Diploma in Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Wits Business School, Johannesburg.
The position of Group Executive for Eskom Distribution became vacant when the previous incumbent, Mr Monde Bala, was seconded to the position of Interim Chief Executive Officer at the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA). He was subsequently appointed as CEO at NTCSA.
While the executive search process was conducted to fill the vacancy, Ms Agnes Mlambo was appointed in an acting capacity. Eskom expresses its sincere thanks to Agnes for her leadership during this period.
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