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Our people and their remuneration
Our people
Senior management changes
In 2016, we appointed a number of new senior managers with the requisite skills to take MTN into a new growth
phase. We also implemented a new organisational structure to enhance operational and governance oversight.
These position the Group to capitalise on its many prospects and reach its full potential in a rapidly transforming and
exciting sector.
The MTN executive committee is made up of:
• Rob Shuter,
joining on 13 March 2017 as Group president and CEO.
• Ralph Mupita
will join on 3 April 2017 as Group chief financial officer (CFO).
• Gunter Engling
, acting CFO, will become deputy CFO on 3 April 2017 when he steps down from exco.
• Jens Schulte-Bockum
joined on 16 January 2017 as Group chief operating officer.
• Godfrey Motsa
, vice-president for the South and East Africa region since January 2017.
• Mteto Nyati
, CEO of MTN South Africa since 2014.
• Ismail Jaroudi
, vice-president for the Middle East and North Africa region since 2015.
• Karl Toriola
, vice-president for the West and Central Africa region since 2016.
• Ferdi Moolman
, CEO of MTN Nigeria since 2016.
• Stephen van Coller
, vice-president for strategy and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) since October 2016.
• Paul Norman
, chief human resources and corporate affairs officer since 1997.
• Michael Fleischer
, chief legal counsel since 2014.
Other senior executives who were recently appointed include:
• Babak Fouladi
as chief technology and information officer.
• Bernice Samuels
as executive: marketing.
• Felleng Sekha
as executive: regulatory affairs and public policy.
• Oliver Fortuin
as executive: business enterprise.
• Riaan Wessels
as executive: business risk.
• Saim Yaksan
as executive: Group transformation
Overview of our people
At the end of 2016, MTN had 15 980 permanent employees and 4 009 contractors. This represents a 5,2%
decline in the total number of people in the business, a result mainly of ongoing optimisation initiatives:
At MTN we believe that investing in our people is essential to achieve our strategy and
improve our competitive edge across the markets in which we operate. Engaging and
developing our employees is a priority; it helps us deliver the best customer experience
and increases our overall business performance.
People
by location
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MTN South Africa
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Other operations
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MTN Irancell
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MTN Nigeria
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MTN Ghana
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MTN Syria
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MTN Uganda
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MTN Cameroon
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MTN Ivory Coast
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MTN Yemen
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MTN Sudan
26%
22%
11%
11%
5%
5%
5%
4%
4%
4%
3%
Gender split
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Women
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Men
37%
63%
Engagement and culture
Achieving high levels of employee engagement and
fostering the right culture is fundamental to achieving
our strategic imperatives. Every year we invite staff
to participate in our global culture audit survey,
measuring employee engagement and culture
across 16 people dimensions.
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