MTN NAMES NIGERIAN FIRST-EVER CEO

Michael Ikpoki,currently the CEO of MTN Ghana has been named as the
newChief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria. 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 MTNNigeria's Sales and Dribution channel as its Executive from
2006. He joined MTN in 2001 as a Regulatory Advisor after a six-year
stint with the Nigerian Communications Commission's legal division.
A seasoned business executive, Michael 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 and LLB from RiversState University of
Science and Technology.
Other appointments announced by MTN Group today include Serame
Taukobong, erstwhile Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of MTN SA, who is
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. Farhad
Khan, Executive for the Group Enterprise Business Unit, takes over
from Gouldie as Chief Customer Sales, Service and Distribution Officer
at MTN SA. Philisiwe Sibiya, Executive in Group Finance, is the new
Chief Financial Officer of MTN SA
.
"MTN has a strong leadership bench strength. As part of its talent
management and leadership development, MTN invests significantly
towards building a sustainable supply of quality leaders. We are
therefore pleased to make these announcements drawn from our
leadership succession pool,"said MTN Group President and CEO, Sifiso
Dabengwa.