After an in depth and competitive recruitment process, the recent CEO of Cape Town Tourism was announced as Enver Duminy.
The appointment was announced on the City of Cape Town’s Tourism, Events and Marketing Portfolio Committee meeting today and can take effect on August 1, 2013.
Duminy has held the title of Tourism Services Executive Manager at Cape Town Tourism for just about four years and has played an active role in crafting Cape Town Tourism’s new three-year Marketing strategy.
He has built firm relationships at different levels in the tourism industry; a background in an effort to form his new role and enable him in order for the organization continues to feature value to the industry.
Says Duminy: “It’s an honor to just accept this post of CEO with humility and appreciation of the service it is going to be to the tourism industry of Cape Town. Cape Town Tourism is an agile, innovative, and passionate organization, and we shall continue to uphold these values as I take the helm. As incumbent, I plan to focus my first 100 days on setting the roadmap with the Cape Town Tourism team as to how we can deliver our agreed strategic objectives and tactical plans. My predecessor, Mariette, have been a source of inspiration and expertise, and that i wish her well in her future endeavors.”
Current Cape Town Tourism CEO, Mariette du Toit-Helmbold, commended Duminy on his appointment: “Enver was a powerful force within Cape Town Tourism, and he’s certainly able to rise to the challenge. I wish him luck and will confirm that he’s incredibly fortunate to go up a dynamic organization equivalent to Cape Town Tourism, working with an industry as passionate and committed as ours is.”
Du Toit-Helmbold would be launching her own destination and tourism marketing agency after her exit on July 31, 2013.
Says Chairperson of Cape Town Tourism’s Board, Sabine Lehmann, “Enver brings a good mixture of leadership, operational experience, and fervour for customer care. Mariette leaves Cape Town Tourism in a great place, with a powerful executive management team who’re acquainted with Enver and may indisputably find this handy within the transition of leadership. The Board is worked up concerning the next era for Cape Town Tourism and appears forward to building at the solid foundation and momentum achieved by the organization within the previous few years.”
Grant Pascoe, Executive Mayoral Committee Member for Tourism, Events and Marketing, confirmed that Duminy’s appointment was well received by the town of Cape Town and that he looked forward to working with him: “Tourism is a challenging yet dynamic industry that may be a significant contributor to the economy. We’re sure that Enver’s pragmatic approach and partnership-orientated style would be great assets to the industry because it weathers challenges and victories within the years yet to come.”
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