MTN Group has made three senior management appointments as part of reviewing and finalising the permanent senior management team. Jens Schulte-Bockum will assume the position of Group Chief Operating Officer, effective 16 January 2017. He will succeed Jyoti Desai, who is retiring. Schulte-Bockum has extensive operational experience in the mobile sector, with his last senior role being as CEO of Vodafone Germany between 2012 and 2015.
MTN said Oliver Fortuin will assume the position of Executive Head of Business Enterprise, effective 01 March 2017. Fortuin is currently the CEO of BT Global Services Sub-Saharan Africa, having previously held many senior roles at IBM, HP and Lenovo. As Head of BT Global Services, Fortuin was engaged in the development and sale of enterprise solutions to many multinationals across the African continent.
MTN said Bernice Samuels has re-joined MTN as Group Executive of Marketing, effective 01 January 2017. Samuels was previously Chief Marketing Officer at MTN SA, prior to assuming a similar role at FNB. She subsequently assumed the position of Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development at SABMiller in South Africa.
