Board of Directors

Basil is a qualified South African Chartered Accountant having worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers from 1989 to 1994 whereafter he then joined the group initially as the Finance Manager of South African Operations division in Multichoice, then as Chief Financial Officer of our investment in Thai listed United Broadcasting Corporation Pcl. where he remained for 10 years, followed by 2 years in Amsterdam as General Manager of Pay TV business development globally before taking on his current role as Group Chief Financial Officer of MIH from January 2009.

Oliver Rippel was appointed CEO Ecommerce Africa & Middle East by MIH Internet in July 2009. This business includes various internet assets including Kalahari.net. He joined Naspers in January 2009 as Head of Business Development in Southeast Asia before relocating to Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to working for Naspers, Oliver spent nine years at eBay - first in his home country Germany and then as part of the Asia-Pacific region in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia. There he mostly focused on strategy, business development, as well as category management and marketing operations. Oliver studied economics in Berlin, Germany. He is married and has two children.

Ashish Kashyap is the CEO and board member of ibibo web (p) Ltd. Ashish, launched ibibo in January 2007. Prior to his current position, Ashish set up and launched Google India's domestic operations as their Country Head, Indian Sales and Operations. Before joining Google India, Ashish was the General Manager, E-Commerce at Indiatimes.com, wherein he built and architected a host of innovative application for the portal ranging from 'Online auctions', travel & shopping. Ashish holds an "Economics (Honors)" from University Of Delhi, India and a diploma in "International Masters in Practicing Management (IMPM)" from Insead, Fontainebleau, France.

Leroux has over 20 years of experience spanning auditing, FMCG manufacturing and distribution, hotel casino entertainment, software development and PAY television businesses. Leroux joined MIH in 2005 and he has been based in India since 2007. Prior to joining the MIH Group, he was CFO of MediKredit, an IT software development company based in South Africa. Before then he was Financial Manager for Global Resorts Hotel Casino Resort, based in Botswana. He also worked as Group Management Accountant for the largest spirit and wine manufacturing and distribution company in Africa, Distel. Leroux obtained his B.Commerce degree at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), then completed his Hons. B. Accountancy and qualified as Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1990.