Airtel staff at their stand during a trade fair. Airtel Africa Limited
has appointed Mr Ian Ferrao as the Regional Director of its East Africa
business. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Airtel Africa Limited has appointed Mr Ian Ferrao as the
Regional Director of its East Africa business, a newly created position.
Mr Ferrao has more than 12 years’ experience in senior management of telecommunications firms across Africa.
Prior
to his appointment, he served in numerous positions including as the
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vodacom Tanzania PLC, the CEO of
Vodacom Lesotho and Chief Commercial Officer at Vodacom Business Africa.
He holds a First Class Honours Degree in BSc Management Sciences from
the Warwick Business School.
Airtel Africa CEO Raghunath Mandava said Mr Ferrao will take charge of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Rwanda.
“He
brings a wealth of relevant telecommunications and mobile money
experience within the region and will be an asset to the business. He
will be part of the Africa Executive Committee based in Nairobi and will
focus on driving growth across voice, data and mobile money in East
Africa,” Mr Mandava said.
The new
regional director will be tasked with driving the company’s growth
through data, voice and mobile money services in East Africa.
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