MTN appoints Chika Ekeji to drive repositioning strategy
Africa’s foremost telco, MTN Group has announced the appointment of Chika Ekeji as Executive: Strategy and Transformation as part of plans to further bolster management capacity to accelerate the Group’s strategic ambitions.
Effective 15 March 2021, Chika joins Africa’s leading mobile operator from management consultancy McKinsey & Company in Nigeria, where he led the West Africa Digital Practice and served telco, financial services, and public sector clients across Africa.
Commenting on the new appointment, MTN Group Chief Operating Officer Jens Schulte-Bockum, said: “We are very pleased that Chika is joining us as we work to accelerate our strategic repositioning,”
A Nigerian-American national, Chika has a Masters of Engineering in Computer Science from Cornell University and an MBA from MIT. In his new role he will be based in South Africa.
In December 2020, MTN Group announced the completion of a comprehensive strategy review with a focus on accelerating growth, deleveraging the holding company debt and unlocking value.
To support the execution of its repositioned strategy, MTN announced the appointment of a new Group Chief Financial Officer as well as changes to the Group’s regional structure and the Group Executive Committee.
According to the No. 1 telco in Africa,the revised strategy will be presented in more details after the release of 2020 full-year results on 10 March.
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