Airtel appoints Olusegun Ogunsanya as MD, CEO of Africa unit

NEW DELHI : Bharti Airtel Ltd has appointed Olusegun Ogunsanya as the managing director and chief executive officer (MD and CEO) of its Africa subsidiary, the company said in a statement on Thursday. Ogunsanya will succeed Raghunath Mandava who will retire from his post and as director on Airtel Africa PLC’s board on 30 September, the company said.

Ogunsanya will take charge on 1 October and will join Airtel Africa’s board on the same day. He joined the company in 2012 as the MD and CEO of Nigeria, which is the operator’s largest market in Africa. He has more than 25 years of experience in business management across banking, consumer goods and telecom sectors.