Airtel Africa, has today revealed the retirement of Chief Executive Officer Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya and the consultation of Sunil Taldar, who signed up with Airtel Africa in October 2023 as Director– Transformation, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
According to Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Airtel Africa: “On behalf of the Board, I wish to thank Segun Ogansanya for his dedication and substantial contribution to Airtel Africa plc as Chief Executive and before that as Managing Director and CEO of Nigeria, our biggest market in Africa. Under Segun’s management, Airtel Africa has actually kept double-digit profits development and continued to provide brand-new, industry-leading items to our consumers throughout Africa.”
Mr. Taldar will be designated to the Board as an Executive Director and presume the function of CEO on 1 July 2024, at which time Segun will retire from the Board and the Company. Before signing up with Airtel Africa, Sunil Taldar was the Director of Market Operations at Bharti Airtel, which owns Airtel Africa. Mr Sunil has actually worked as a GM at Cadbury India, then Cadbury China and Mondelez Indonesia. In 2016, he was designated as a Director of Direct-to-Home Business at India’s Bharti Airtel.
As Director– Transformation, Mr. Taldar holds obligation for leading and managing essential tactical efforts targeted at changing Airtel Africa’s company and operations. Mr. Taldar has more than 30 years’ organization management experience in the FMCG and Telecommunications sectors, consisting of 15 years’ experience as a member of the Bharti Airtel Management Board, where he was Director, Market Operations.
Following his retirement from Airtel Africa, Segun will presume the brand-new function as Chair of the Airtel Africa Charitable Foundation, where he will bring his visionary management to this brand-new humanitarian effort to advance advancement and success throughout Africa. Segun will retire from the Board and Airtel Africa Charitable Foundation will run individually of Airtel Africa. He will likewise be readily available to encourage the Chairman, the Airtel Africa Board and Chief Executive Officer for a 12-month duration.
Segun Ogunsanya, Chief Executive stated: “It has actually been a benefit to invest over 12 years of my profession at Airtel Africa and I take pride in what we have actually provided for consumers throughout Africa. We continue to change lives. Now is the correct time to handover to a brand-new leader who can construct on Airtel Africa’s strengths and provide on the considerable chances ahead as I pursue my restored interest in the empowerment of Africans through digital and monetary addition in a various capability beyond the borders of for-profit companies. This has actually been my aspiration after an effective profession covering over 35 years in banking, FMCG and telecom”.
Ogunsanya was the Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, in between 2012 and 2021 and in October 2021, he was designated as the CEO of Airtel Africa, changing Raghunath Mandava.