Rob Shuter the
chief executive officer of the European cluster at Vodafone Group, has
been appointed as the new president and chief executive officer of MTN
Group.
The top position at the African telecommunication giant has remained vacant since
Shuter takes over from Phuthuma Nhleko‚
who stepped in as chairman and chief executive office after the African
telecommunication giant after the resignation of Sifiso Dabengwa in
November, 2015.
Dabengwa was forced to resign after the
company ran foul with the Nigerian authorities attracting a fine of N1.4
trillion from the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, for its
failure to disconnect 5.2 million unregistered SIM cards.
The company recently struck a deal to pay N330 billion, a third of the original fine, with the Nigerian government.
MTN Group announced the appointment of Rob Shuter in a statement issued on Monday, June 20, 2016. Rob Shuter is expected to assume office in 2017.
“Rob‚ a South African national‚ is the
current CEO of the European cluster at Vodafone Group and has extensive
experience in telecoms and banking‚ having held senior management roles
at Vodacom Group‚ Standard Bank and Nedbank prior to joining Vodafone
Group‚” a statement from the company said..
“MTN is confident that Rob will bring
experience and new insights to the chief executive role having had many
years in the telecoms sector both in Africa and Europe as well as in
banking where his expertise will help as MTN continues to develop its
new business strategy.”
MTN also announced that it had appointed
Godfrey Motsa as vice president for South and East Africa. Motsa will
join the company on July 1, the company confirmed.
“Godfrey joins [MTN] from Vodacom where
he was chief officer for consumer business. He brings 10 years of
experience of telecoms in the region to MTN,” the company said.
The company also said it was in the process of refreshing its board with a view to improving its risk and governance profile.
MTN said Nhleko would remain MTN chairman for the next two-and-a-half years, when he plans to step down.
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