MTN Group has made new senior leadership appointments to operating companies
in Nigeria, Iran, and Sudan with the aim of executing its strategy to drive
growth, de-leverage faster and reveal value in its fintech and fiber
businesses. Their appointments take effect on 1st April 2022.
Commenting on the appointees the MTN Group President and CEO, Ralph Mupita
noted that a vital enabler of MTN strategy is having the best talents, culture
and future-fit skills, and the announcement demonstrates the depth of talent
within the Group, as well as the strength of its succession plan.
Following the recent appointment of MTN Nigeria Chief Operating Officer
Mazen Mroue as MTN Group Chief Information and Technology Officer, Hassan Jaber
assumes the COO role at MTN Nigeria. He moves from MTN Irancell, where he
serves as COO, bringing with him some 25 years of telecoms and digital
experience within the MTN Group.
Jaber’s track record of building
and scaling-up telecom operations and developing digital businesses through the
power of mobile technology will be instrumental to MTN Nigeria as it plays its
part in delivering on the Group’s strategic intent of leading digital solutions
for Africa’s progress. He has served MTN in numerous markets, including Ghana,
Guinea-Conakry, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, and Yemen.
Malik Melamu, with over 28 years of
managerial and executive experience, will assume the position of MTN Irancell
COO, joining from MTN Sudan where he has been CEO over the last five years.
Among other roles at MTN, he previously served as MTN Benin CEO and as
Executive for Sales and Distribution and Customer Experience at MTN Group.
Stepping into the CEO role at MTN
Sudan is Ziad Sabah, whose career within MTN spans more than a decade, most
recently as MTN Syria CEO and before that as the Chief Marketing Officer of MTN
Syria. Ziad is a seasoned business leader and will play a pivotal role in
strengthening MTN Sudan’s market position through initiatives to advance
digital and financial inclusion.
“These appointments demonstrate the depth of leadership bench-strength
within the MTN Group, and we remain focused on delivering sustainable growth to
our stakeholders. Nigeria, Iran, and Sudan are markets with attractive
demographics and tremendous potential growth opportunities for digital and
financial inclusion,” concludes Mupita.
By: Kanto Okanta
