Junaid Munshi

Group Executive: Distribution, Eskom Distribution

Junaid Munshi is Group Executive: Distribution of Eskom Distribution, in the role since June 2026.

Eskom Distribution is the division of Eskom that supplies electricity directly to customers and sits at the centre of the municipal debt problem. Munshi joined from outside the utility with a background in telecommunications and fibre.

In the job

  1. Eskom Distribution mobilised additional technical resources across KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and the Free State to restore supply after severe weather damaged electricity infrastructure. Source

Career before

  1. 2004-2017Marketing roles, Vodacom (briefly interrupted by a four-month stint at Digicel in Jamaica)
  2. 2017Head of M-Pesa South Africa, Vodacom
  3. 2020Managing director, SA Digital Villages
  4. Chief commercial officer, Cell C
  5. Chief commercial officer, Maziv Group
  6. until October 2025Chief commercial officer, Cable & Wireless Seychelles

Education

BSc Electronic Engineering, University of Cape Town; Graduate Diploma in Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand; MBA, Wits Business School

Sources

  1. itweb.co.za
  2. mybroadband.co.za
  3. eskom.co.za
  4. eskom.co.za
  5. eskom.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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