MTN Group has named Mr. Michael Ikpoki,
currently the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana as the new CEO of MTN
Nigeria.
A statement by the Group said, “Ikpoki
replaces Brett Goschen, who took on the role of MTN Group Chief Financial
Officer and Executive Financial Director on the board on Monday.
Ikpoki was appointed CEO of MTN Ghana in
April 2011 after successfully running MTN Nigeria’s Sales and Distribution
Channel as its Executive from 2006.
The new CEO, who was also the first
Nigerian to join MTN in 2001 as a regulatory adviser after a six-year stint
with the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) legal division.
A seasoned business executive, Ikpoki is
well read with an academic profile that includes General Management Programme
at Harvard Business School; Sales, from INSEAD Business School; Finance and
Analytics from Lagos Business School (LBS) and LLB from Rivers State University
of Science and Technology.
Other appointments announced by MTN Group,
according to President and CEO, Sifiso Dabengwa, include Serame Taukobong,
erstwhile Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of MTN South Africa (SA), who will now
save as the new CEO of MTN Ghana, Brian Gouldie, Chief Customer, Sales, Service
and Distribution Officer at MTN SA, is the new CMO of MTN SA while Farhad Khan,
Executive for the Group Enterprise Business Unit, takes over from Gouldie
becomes Chief Customer Sales, Service and Distribution Officer at MTN SA.
Similarly, Philisiwe Sibiya, Executive in Group Finance, is now the new Chief
Financial Officer of MTN SA. All the appointments are with immediate effect.
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