Our executive committee

Group chief financial officer

Other directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Nazir has wide international experience in Europe and the Middle East. Since joining the MTN Group, he has been responsible for the Group financial management and accounting function and has participated in several of the Group's merger and acquisition activities.

Group chief commercial officer

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Prior to joining MTN Group in 2006, Christian was chief executive officer of PT Excelcomindo Pratama, known as XL, the second-largest mobile operator in Indonesia and chief executive officer of Telekom Malaysia International, now known as Axiata.

At MTN, Christian was previously the vice-president for the West and Central Africa region and senior vice-president for commercial and innovation. In July 2011, Christian was appointed group chief commercial officer responsible for all customer-facing activities from innovation, products and services, marketing, CRM to sales and distribution.

Group chief technology and information officer

Other committee membership

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Prior to joining MTN, Jyoti worked at the Standard Bank Group and Telkom SA Ltd. At MTN, Jyoti initially held the position of chief information officer at MTN Nigeria. In 2005, she moved to Iran to start up the operation as chief operating officer of MTN Irancell.

Group chief business risk officer

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

Skills, expertise and experience
Shauket has been the Group chief business risk officer and a member of Group exco since 2007. In 1999, he was appointed auditor-general of South Africa for a seven-year term. In this capacity he contributed to many international and regional organisations such as the United Nations and the African Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (AFROSAI).

Group chief operations executive

Other committee membership

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Previously vice-president of the Middle East and North Africa region and chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria. Prior to his appointment at MTN, Ahmad was managing director of Scancom Limited (part of Investcom Holding Group) in Ghana and regional manager for West Africa. He also previously worked for Mediterranean Investor Group, KPMG, Deloitte & Touche and the Investcom Holding Group as well as lecturing in accounting at the American University of Beirut and was the chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria.

Chief executive officer: MTN Nigeria Communications Limited

Other committee membership

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Brett was appointed chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria in April 2011. Prior to this, he was chief executive officer of MTN Ghana and chief financial officer of MTN Nigeria. Before joining MTN in 2002, Brett was the managing director of Altech Autopage Cellular.

Group chief human resources and corporate affairs officer

Other committee membership

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 human resources and has worked extensively in the transport and telecommunications industries.

Chief executive officer: MTN (Pty) Ltd

Other committee membership

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Karel has been with MTN since its launch in 1994 and has held various positions including chief technology and information officer of the MTN Group and chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria. Karel is chief executive officer of MTN South Africa.

Before joining MTN, Karel worked as a strategic business development manager for pay television company M-Net. He was also involved in the full spectrum of telecommunications management for Telkom. Karel is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Regional vice-president: South and East Africa

Other committee membership

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group. Director of the Public Investment Corporation and a member of the Specialist Committee on Company Law.

Skills, expertise and experience
Ignatius was previously the chairman of The Developing Nations Committee of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), a member of Harith Fund Managers and the Accounting Standards Board, a member of the King Committee and the chairman of the National Treasury Audit Committee.

Prior to joining MTN, he was managing director of the inland region at Fedics (Pty) Ltd, senior executive at Murray & Roberts Holdings (Pty) Ltd and the executive president of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

Group chief strategy, mergers and acquisitions officer

Directorships
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.

Skills, expertise and experience
Prior to joining MTN, Khumo was 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.