Palm Tree Technology PLC announces a change in leadership in the form of newly minted CEO, Ross Macdonald. Ross is an international business developer and entrepreneur in the IT and Telecommunications sectors. He was a part of the MTN start-up team in 1993 and served as Group Executive for International Business Development thereafter. In this role Ross was the architect of the international expansion strategy and he led the Groups successful bids for numerous mobile licenses across the African Continent. After leaving MTN in 2002, he relocated to the UK where he continued his work in Telecommunications by operating a specialist Telecoms advisory and consulting business. He was a founder of the Adage Group of Companies which plays advisory roles in Telecoms and IT businesses in the UK , Africa and the Middle East. He is a founder and director of ConvergeNet Holdings Limited an ICT services and solutions company listed on the JSE. He holds other directorships. A University of Cape Town graduate, Ross holds a B.Sc. degree in Engineering as well as an MBA. Ross succeeds Founder and former CEO, Delon Dotson. Dotson will remain on the board of directors as he pursues other operational endeavors and creative startup opportunities in the US. The company is grateful to Delon for his guidance, wisdom and leadership in creating and shepherding Palm Tree the last 4 years.

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