Michael Ikpoki, currently the CEO of MTN Ghana has been named as the new
Chief 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 MTN Nigeria’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 Rivers State 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.
