Durban Chamber President, Akash Singh, announced today that Mrs Dumile Cele has been appointed as the CEO Designate to succeed Andrew Layman in February 2015.    She is currently the Chamber's Manager of Business Services, a position she has held since the beginning of 2013.
President Singh said: "We are delighted that Dumile has accepted this position.   She was the candidate of choice among several who were interviewed and we consider it to be a notable advantage that she has worked in the Chamber which will benefit from the period of hand-over during the next few months. Seamless continuity is an important factor in the Chamber's strategy into 2015 and beyond."

Dumile Cele was educated at St Anne's in Hilton and, having been awarded a bursary by Deloitte, obtained a B Soc Sc in Economics at the University of Cape Town.   She also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (UKZN) and is currently finalizing the requirements for a M Com in Maritime Studies.

Her career experience includes spells at a senior executive level in both Safmarine and Portnet where her particular responsibilities as she progressed related to business development at the Durban port, road transport, transformation and container operations.  Later, and before she left the corporate world to focus on her four children's requirements and offer executive coaching, she was the Senior Manager at TNPA's Port Academy.

Singh said: "We are confident we have found the right person to meet the Chamber's future challenges and to build on what has been achieved in its 158-year history."