Group executive and steering committee

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Prior to joining MTN 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, and was responsible for international strategy and involved in the rapid growth of investments in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Cambodia. From June 2006 to May 2010, Christian was the vice-president for MTN West and Central Africa. Since June 2010 he has had the responsibility for the transformation of the supply chain function. He is leading the way in products, services and innovation at Group level as well as being responsible for Group marketing.

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group and director of Absa Group Limited.

Skills, expertise and experience
Shauket has over 37 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.

Other committee membership

	Group commercial committee
	Group 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.

Other committee membership

	Risk committee
	Social and ethics committee
	Group tender committee (Alternate member)

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group and trustee of the Chartered Accountants Medical Aid Fund.

Skills, expertise and experience
Paul has been an executive at MTN since 1997. He has spent more than 20 years in the field of human resources and has worked extensively in the transport and telecommunications industries.

Other committee membership

Commercial committee

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Ahmad previously worked for Mediterranean Investor Group, KPMG, Deloitte & Touche and the Investcom Holding Group. Ahmad also lectured in Accounting 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. Prior to taking on his current role, Ahmad was the CEO of MTN Nigeria.

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

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

Other committee membership

Group tender committee

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group and of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and Accounting Standards Board.

Skills, expertise and experience
Ignatius also serves on various committees within the PIC. He was the chairman of the Developing Nations Committee of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). He was previously a managing director of the 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 served as a member of the King Committee and was also the chairman of the National Treasury Audit Committee until March 2010.

Other committee membership

	Group technical committee
	Group tender committee

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

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 and FTML (a subsidiary of France Telecom) operating in Lebanon.