PROFILE: Teddy Daka is quietly making an impact in corporate SA
The latest chapter in businessman Teddy Daka’s varied career is about infrastructure that drives economic growth and jobs
27 May 2021 - 05:00 Mudiwa Gavaza
Teddy Daka, co-CEO of Zutari and chair of Etion. Picture: Supplied
Over the past decade, businessman Teddy Daka has become a go-to specialist for guiding companies through new phases of their business. Earlier this year, the former CEO of listed tech firm Etion was appointed co-CEO of Zutari, an engineering firm.
From technology to engineering, Daka, 55, has been quietly making an impact in corporate SA.
He has several accomplishments under his belt, including overseeing Etion’s rebranding from Ansys in 2018. He was appointed CEO of Etion in 2013, having served as nonexecutive chair since 2006, and helped to shift its business from its traditional manufacture of defence technology and equipment for locomotives at Transnet to focus on cybersecurity and cloud computing products and services.