Airtel appoints Kelly Bayer Rosmarin as Non-Executive Director
Airtel Africa Plc has announced the appointment of Kelly Bayer Rosmarin as a Non-Executive Director (NED) with effect from 27 October 2020.
The information was contained in a note sent to the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and signed by Secretary, Airtel Africa Plc, Simon O’ Hara.
The appointment of Ms. Bayer Rosmarin is by the nomination of the controlling shareholder, pursuant to the terms of relationship agreement dated 17 June 2019, between the Company, Bharti Airtel, Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited, the majority shareholder, and an indirect subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, and Bharti Telecom. Ms. Bayer Rosmarin will replace Arthur Lang, who stepped down as a non-executive director on the same day.
Ms. Bayer Rosmarin is currently the CEO of Singtel Optus and Consumer Australia. She was previously with Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where she held several senior positions and varied portfolios, before being appointed as Group Executive of Institutional Banking and Markets.
Commenting on the appointment, Chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal said: “On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Arthur, who joined the Board in October 2018 and supported the company through its IPO, for his significant contribution to the success of our strategy to build Airtel Africa into a market-leading mobile service provider and wish him well for the future.”
He added: “I am delighted that Kelly has agreed to join the Airtel Africa Board and we very much look forward to working closely with her.”
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