Aviado's mandate to support Takatso's acquisition of SAA is expanded

Aviado Partners Advisory Services GmbH, a leading international transport-sector consulting firm, has been engaged to support the acquisition of South African Airways Group.

Aviado Partners Advisory Services has been engaged by Takatso Aviation (Pty) Ltd to support Takatso's efforts to acquire shares in South African Airways Group, as well as to refresh components of the Takatso-SAA 5-year business plan and funding plan.

In addition to the above limited two-month mandate, Takatso has engaged Aviado on a specific additional mandate to review SAA's announced fleet acquisition, rebranding, communications and partnership efforts. As part of this mandate Aviado will support Board reviews as well as due diligence of these plans directly with South African Airways' management team and with the Department of Public Enterprises. The mandate is limited and does not include an ongoing technical advisory role for Aviado beyond 31 May 2023.

Aviado's Managing Director, Shakeel Adam is personally leading the activities on this engagement and will be supported by multiple experts who have worked across the broad range of line management activities within airlines, airports, financial institutions and media. The experts have previously held CEO, CCO, CMO, CFO, COO, CRO, head of Network, head of Revenue Management and many other roles. The engagement team includes experts from Germany, Italy, Canada, UK and Brazil.

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