Group executive and steering committee

Other committee membership

• Tender committee.

Directorships

Director of various companies in the MTN Group, MTN Dubai and Uniglobe SA in France.

Skills, expertise and experience

Prior to joining MTN Group in 2006, Christian was CEO of PT Excelcomindo Pratama, known as XL, the largest mobile operator in Indonesia. Before joining XL, he was CEO of Telekom Malaysia International now known as Axiata, responsible for international strategy and involved in the rapid growth of investments in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Cambodia. From June 2006 until May 2010, Christian was the vice-president for MTN West and Central Africa. Since June 2010 he has had responsibility for the transformation of the supply chain function within the MTN Group. He is also leading the way in products, services and innovation at Group level as well as being responsible for Group marketing.

Other committee membership

• Commercial committee.
• Technical committee.

Directorships

Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience

Jyoti started her career at The Standard Bank of SA Limited. She moved to Telkom SA in an executive position before joining MTN Nigeria as chief information officer. She then moved to Iran in 2005 to start up the Iran operation as COO of MTN Irancell before taking up her current role.

Directorships

Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
Director of Absa Group Limited.

Skills, expertise and experience

Shauket has over 36 years’ experience in accounting, auditing, consulting and advisory work. In 1999, he was appointed Auditor-General of South Africa for a seven-year term which ended in November 2006.

Directorships

Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Other committee membership

• Commercial committee.

Skills, expertise and experience

Ahmad previously worked for Mediterranean Investor Group, KPMG, Deloitte & Touche and the Investcom Holding Group. Ahmad was also an accounting lecturer at the American University of Beirut Prior to his appointment at MTN, Ahmad was managing director of Scancom Limited (Investcom Holding Group), Ghana and regional manager for West Africa covering Benin, Liberia, Guinea Bissau and Guinea Conakry. As CEO since July 2006, Ahmad has made significant contributions to the extraordinary growth of MTN Nigeria.

Directorships

Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
Trustee of the Chartered Accountants Medical Aid Fund.

Skills, expertise and experience

Paul has been an executive at MTN since 1997. He has spent 20 years in the field of human resources and has worked extensively in the transport and telecommunications industries. He was awarded HR Practitioner of the Year in 2004 by the Institute of People Management.

Committee membership

• Technical committee.
• Tender committee.

Directorships

Director on the boards of all MTN MENA region operations and MTN Dubai.

Skills, expertise and experience

Jamal was an executive director of Investcom LLC, which he joined in 1996 as operations director. Prior to that, he was director of IT at FTML (a subsidiary of France Telecom), operating in Lebanon.

Other committee membership

• Tender committee.

Directorships

Director on the boards of all MTN’s SEA region operations. Public Investment Corporation and Accounting Standards Board.

Skills, expertise and experience

Ignatius also serves on various committees within PIC. He was the chairman of The Developing Nations Committee of The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). He was previously a managing director of Inland Region at Fedics (Pty) Limited, senior executive at Murray & Roberts Holdings (Pty) Limited and also the executive president of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). Ignatius had served as a member of the King Committee and was also the Chairman of National Treasury Audit Committee until March 2010.

Directorships

Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience

Khumo was head of direct investments and a member of the executive committee of Investec’s South African operations. He was previously a member of Investec’s corporate finance division.