Chief Executive Officer

job category: transport and logistics management

location: bedfordview

contract: fixed term contract

remuneration: market related

ee position: yes

vacancy: chief executive officer(five-year performance-based fixed-term contract) grade: peromnes level 2 (paterson e5) location: bruma, johannesburgatns is responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of air traffic services within south africa’s airspace, including the surrounding oceanic areas designated by the international civil aviation organisation (icao) over the africa-indian ocean region. The company supports operations at nine statutory airports managed by the airports company of south africa, 11 regional airports, and the st helena airport in the south atlantic ocean.

We are seeking a visionary and principled leader to guide our organisation. We are deeply committed to the highest standards of ethical leadership, corporate citizenship, and integrated reporting as embodied in the applicable king code on corporate governance for south africa.job title: chief executive officerreporting to: atns board of directorsref: atns ceo/2026conditions of service: atns is an equal opportunity employer that strives to achieve a diverse workforce broadly representative of our people.

This position will be filled in line with the objectives of atns’ employment equity plan, and therefore, candidates from designated groups as per the employment equity act of 1998 are encouraged to apply.purposethe ceo will be the cornerstone of our executive leadership, responsible for driving operational excellence and ensuring atns’ sustained strategic and operational, commercial direction, and operational oversight of atns in line with its mandate to ensure safe, secure, efficient, and sustainable air traffic management solutions for south africa and the african region.

The role serves as the foremost champion and executor of sound corporate governance.the ceo is accountable to the board of directors for the total strategic, operational, and financial performance of atns. As the key member of the accounting authority, the incumbent is the ultimate custodian of its mandate, its long-term viability, and its reputation for safety, innovation, and exemplary corporate governance.

lead the development and execution of atns’s long-term strategy, aligned to government’s aviation, transport and economic policy objectives; translate strategy 2025/2030 into measurable annual corporate plans, kpis and performance frameworks; lead the development and execution of atns’s long-term strategy, aligned to government’s aviation, transport and economic policy objectives; lead financial sustainability, efficient use of resources, cost optimisation, investment decisions, and revenue diversification;

oversee financial management, treasury, supply chain management, and strategic asset planning; strengthen atns’s balance sheet and ensure long-term organisational viability.

provide assurance to the board that the organisation is and remains a responsible corporate citizen and embed and champion the application of corporate governance best practices while posterising an ethical culture that ensures that the company’s values are lived throughout the organisation. Drive the company’s integrated reporting process, transparently communicating performance against strategic objectives and the creation of value across the six capitals.

Uphold the highest standard of transparency, accountability, and fairness.

as a key member of the accounting authority, the ceo is the day-to-day custodian of the business which includes ensuring full compliance with the pfma, civil aviation regulations, and all applicable legislation and corporate governance best practice principles, strengthening governance maturity, risk management, internal controls, and enterprise assurance frameworks. The ceo also ensures that atns maintains regulatory oversight standards and meets icao obligations;

oversees safety, security, sheq, and emergency management compliance.