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Bill Venter

Chairman of Bytes Technology Group

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Bill William Peter Venter

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Date of Birth: 29-07-1934 Place of Birth: Johannesburg

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Chair: Bytes Technology Group (BTG); He has devoted 40 years to entrepreneurial endeavours and initiatives in the electronics, telecommunications and power electrical industries, in South Africa and abroad.

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Chair - Bytes Technology Group (BTG): (2003 - present)

Chair - Allied Electronics Corp Ltd (Altron)

Chair - CSIR

Trainee Engineer - South African Post Office

Marketing Manager - STC (SA)

Director - Telemetrix PLC

Director - UEC Multi-Media

Director - Allied Electronics Corp Ltd

Non-Executive Director - Allied Technologies Ltd (Altech)

Director - Bytes Technology Group (BTG)

Director - Power Technologies (Pty) Ltd (Powertech)

Director - AMIC Ltd.

Director - Nedcor Bank Ltd.

Chief Executive Officer - Altron Group

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Founder - Allied Electric (to become Altron Group): (1965 - 1965)

Managing Director - Standard Telephones and Cables: (1965)

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Honorary degree - University of the Witwatersrand: Honorary Doctor of Engineering

Honorary degree - Technikon Witwatersrand: Honorary Technical Doctorate

Honorary degree - University of Free State: Honorary Doctor of Commerce

Honorary degree - University of Port Elizabeth: Honorary Doctor of Commerce

Honorary degree - University of Pretoria: Honorary Doctor of Commerce

Honorary degree - University of Natal, Durban: Honorary Doctor of Science (Engineering)

Qualification -: Chartered Engineer

Degree - University of Wales: Master of Business Administration (2001)

Degree - Rand Afrikaans University: Master of Philosophy (2004)

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He has devoted 40 years to entrepreneurial endeavours and initiatives in the electronics, telecommunications and power electrical industries, in South Africa and abroad. He started out as a design engineer then marketing manager at STC (SA) and there

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Order for Meritorious Service (Gold) - State President of South Africa

Marketing Man of the Year -

Top Five Businessmen - Busness Times

Top Executive in South Africa - Management

Leadership in Practise Award - University of South Africa SBL

Engineer of the Year -

Top 100 Lifetime Achiever - Sunday Times Business Times

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Member - Member of the Institute of Market Management (MIMktM)

Trustee - Pres Mandela's Children's Trust Fund

Fellow - FIAC (Institute of Administration & Commerce

Member - Fin Com, Nelson Mandela Children's Fund

Fellow - Institute of Elec Engineers (IEE) (UK)

Honorary Fellow - South African Institute of Elect Engineering (Saiee)

Honorary Vice-President - Institute of Marketing Management (IMM)

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Bill Venter

Chairman of Bytes Technology Group

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