Wendy Ngoma

Wendy Ngoma was the acting Head of School and senior lecturer at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg South Africa. Expertise: Human Resources, Organisational behaviour

The JSE/BESA Merger: Navigating the Integration Minefield

CASE STUDY. A few days before the JSE Limited (JSE) and the Bond Exchange of South Africa Limited (BESA) merged on 22 June 2009, Nicky Newton-King, deputy CEO of the JSE, –who had been tasked with leading the integration of the two organisations – reviewed what she had done so far and the plans she had put in place to ensure a smooth integration.