MTN Appoints Nigerian COO, Others To Support 2025 Strategy
OLABISI OLALEYE
MTN Group has appointed Hassan Jaber assumes the Chief Operating Officer,COO role at MTN Nigeria.
Mazen Mroue as MTN Group Chief Information and Technology Officer and Malik Melamu as new COO of Iran cell.
The appointments are effective April 1, 2022.
In a statement by the Group, all the Nigeria, Iran and Sudan appointees were all internal candidates, as it focus on executing on strategy to drive growth, de-leverage faster and reveal value in fintech and fibre businesses.
MTN Group President and CEO Ralph Mupita,,said, “A vital enabler of our strategy is having the best talent, culture and future-fit skills.Today’s announcement demonstrates the depth of talent within the Group, as well as the strength of our succession planning.”
Following the recent appointment of MTN Nigeria Chief Operating Officer Mazen Mroue as MTN Group Chief Information and Technology Officer, Hassan Jaber assumes the COO role at MTN Nigeria. He moves from MTN Irancell, where he serves as COO, bringing with him some 25 years of telecoms and digital experience within the MTN Group.
Jaber’s track record of building and scaling-up telecom operations and developing digital businesses through the power of mobile technology will be instrumental to MTN Nigeria as it plays its part in delivering on the Group’s strategic intent of leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress. He has served MTN in numerous markets, including Ghana, Guinea-Conakry, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen.
Malik Melamu, with over 28 years of managerial and executive experience, will assume the position of MTN Irancell COO, joining from MTN Sudan where he has been CEO over the last five years. Among other roles at MTN, he previously served as MTN Benin CEO and as Executive for Sales and Distribution and Customer Experience at MTN Group.
Stepping into the CEO role at MTN Sudan is Ziad Sabah, whose career within MTN spans more than a decade, most recently as MTN Syria CEO and before that as the Chief Marketing Officer of MTN Syria. Ziad is a seasoned business leader and will play a pivotal role in strengthening MTN Sudan’s market position through initiatives to advance digital and financial inclusion.