New ceo for Club Travel

KANANELO Makhetha

has been appointed

Club Travel Corporate

ceo, effective April 1. He will

be based at the company’s

Rosebank, Johannesburg,

office.

He may be a new face

at Club Travel but is an old

friend to many in the industry.

He comes with 30 years’

experience in travel and has

had extensive experience in

tourism too.

Kananelo was most recently

ceo of Travelex Africa, which

was acquired by Tourvest

Financial Services last

month and where he oversaw

operations in South Africa

and sub-Saharan Africa. He

was in the position for nearly

five years. He also served as

md of BCDTravel for nearly

20 years, where he was

responsible for the strategic

direction of the company. He

started his career at Rennies

Travel as a product manager

and then as gm of Leisure

Travel Development.

In addition to his roles in the

private sector, Kananelo was a

member of the South African

government’s ministerial

task group for tourism sector

transformation in 2002; was

president of Asata between

1998 and 2001; and served

as a board member of SA

Tourism.

Kananelo holds an MBA

from the University of the

Witwatersrand and a Bachelor

of Commerce from the

University of Lesotho. He is

passionate about education

development and since 2011

has been the President of

the Board of Trustees for

Education Africa, an education

and upliftment-focused NGO.

“We are delighted to

welcome Kananelo,” said

Wally Gaynor, md of the Club

Travel Group, adding that

Kananelo would help steer the

division toward its target of

15% share in the South African

corporate travel market over

the next five years.

 “I’m excited to be joining

one of the most decorated

brands in African corporate

travel management,” said

Kananelo.