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Michael Markovitz has over two decades of experience as an executive and consultant in the media, technology and entertainment sectors. During this time he advised large corporates, start-ups and NGOs as well as heading up a major media company’s digital division where we made acquisitions and set up new businesses. Apart from my commercial experience, he has expertise in regulation and played a part in drafting South Africa's new broadcasting legislation in 1993. He also served as the special adviser to then ICASA chairman, Mandla Langa, from 1999-2005. On 16 October 2017 he was appointed by Parliament to the Board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) for a five year term. He also serves as a member of the Digital Migration Advisory Council, appointed by the Minister of Communications on 9 July 2018.