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Mr Chris Gabriel - Chief Executive Officer, Zain in Africa
Commencing December 1, 2007 Chris Gabriel was appointed CEO of Zain Africa. In such a vital role, he will oversee all Zain's 15 operations in Africa that currently serve over 40 million active customers representing two-thirds of Zain's total customer base. Previous to this appointment, Chris was Chief Officer of ACE, from May 2007, where he was accountable for defining, executing and delivering Zain’s Global ACE Strategy (Accelerate, Consolidate and Expand); leading and managing the Group’s international and regional IPO’sBusiness Transformation and Performance Improvement.
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Alain Sainte-Marie, CEO of Zain in Nigeria
In September 2009 Mr. Alain Sainte-Marie was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Zain Nigeria, overseeing the company's continuing market expansion and quest for industry leadership. Prior to his appointment as CEO of Zain Nigeria, Sainte-Marie who has over 24 years of working experience in Information Technology business, was the Managing Director of Zain Gabon, a position he took up in March 2009...
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Steve Torode, Chief Operating Officer, Central Africa Region
Since August 2006 he has held the position of Chief Operating Officer responsible for the countries under the Central and East Africa Region including Zambia, Malawi, Gabon and Sierra Leone. Chairman and Board member of five operating companies he has P&L responsibility for the Region and provides strategic and operational guidance. Recently his role has been expanded to include the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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Tiemoko Coulibaly, Chief Operating Officer, West Africa Region
Tiemoko Coulibaly is the Chief Operating Officer of Zain in charge of the West Africa Region and has been in this post since March 2006. In this role, he oversees operations in Burkina Faso, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar and Niger...
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Ihab El Fouly, MD of Zain Gabon
Ihab El Fouly was appointed MD of Zain Gabon in October 2009 moving from Madagascar where he occupied the same role since December 2007. He is fluent in Arabic, English and French and was born in 1965 in Alexandria, Egypt. His passion for corporate culture and management lead hum to become a Management and Human Resources specialist and he joined Skopos International as consultant in coaching, performance management and organization change management where he worked from 2004 to 2006. He was keen to implement his knowledge and ideas on the ground and as a result was integrated the MTC Group – Zain in October 2006 as Director of Organization Development.
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Philip Sowah, Country Manager of Zain in Ghana
Prior to joining Zain Ghana in early 2008, Philip was the Chief Officer of Onetouch (now Vodafone Ghana). Philip has more than 20 years Senior Management experience in telecommunications, information technology and management consulting with Big 5 and Fortune 500 companies. Philip has degrees in both Physics and Mechanical Engineering from Grinnell College and Washington University respectively.
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Fayaz King, MD of Zain in Malawi
Fayaz King was appointed Managing Director of Zain Malawi in April 2008. He holds a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Business Studies (Honors) degrees from the University of Zimbabwe as well a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing United Kingdom. Fayaz started his career with the company as the Marketing Director of Zain Uganda in May 2006 before moving to Nigeria as General Manager Lagos Mainland and later General Manager North Central.
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Ted Sauti Phiri, MD of Zain in Sierra Leone
Ted Sauti Phiri holds an MBA from University of Liverpool and BSc Honours degree in Chemistry and Computer Science from the University of Malawi. He is also chartered certified accountant and a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountant of the UK (FCCA). He joined then Celtel in Malawi as Finance Director and moved to Tanzania when Zain acquired a licence in 2001 to again be part of the team that started the operation from scratch. He had a short stint in Zain Zambia from 2005 before coming to Sierra Leone as Managing Director for Zain...
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David Holliday, MD of Zain in Zambia
Appointed October 27, 2008 as Managing Director of Zain in Zambia, Mr Holliday brings significant telecoms experience to the mobile operation, having been in the telecommunications industry for over 25 years, working for fixed-line and mobile telecoms companies throughout Asia, Middle East and Europe. Mr Holliday recently played a key role in underpinning the success of the IPO of a telecom operator on the Dubai Financial Market in April 2006 and brings important listed company experience to Zain Zambia...
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Rene Meza, MD of Zain in Kenya
Rene Meza has joined Zain Kenya as Managing Director on July 7th 2008. Rene brings with him over ten years of experience in the telecom industry from three different continents: Africa, Asia and Latin-America. Paraguayan by nationality, Rene holds a degree in Marketing & Business Administration from the American University of Paraguay. After having worked in Africa, Asia & Latin-America, Rene has acquired wide international experience in the telecom business with strong focus on building and developing telecommunications businesses coupled with the best international practices.
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Khaled Muhtadi, MD Zain in Tanzania
Khaled Muhtadi has over twenty years of experience in leading and directing international mobile telecommunications and information technology operations in the US, Middle East, and Africa. In August 2008 Khaled Muhtadi was appointed Managing Director of Zain Tanzania. Prior to that he was CEO of Zain Sudan where, during two years, he oversaw the company’s commercial transformation from a government owned company into a vibrant and competitive mobile telecom operator with over 4.6 million customers and over $900 million of annual revenues.
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Yesse Oenga, MD of Zain in Uganda
Yesse Achoki Oenga joined Zain (then Celtel) as Marketing Director for Tanzania (2003 – 2005) and is currently Managing Director Zain Uganda. He holds an MBA from USIU Africa and a Post-graduate Marketing diploma with the CIM – UK and a BA in Economics.In Uganda Yesse has had the privilege to oversee a business turnaround at Zain Uganda, growing market share from 9% to 40% in 3 years, with recognition as Operation of the year in the Zain Africa Group in 2007 and industry recognition as 3rd most respected company across all sectors in Uganda in 2008.
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John Ndego, MD of Zain in Burkina Faso
John Ndego was appointed MD of Zain Burkina Faso in June, 2009 He arrives with a solid 19 years experience in the industries of FMCG and telecommunications sales, marketing and management. He joined the Zain Group in 2006 as head of sales in Gabon, John was appointed two years later to the position of Commercial Group Director for West Africa. Above his duties to the group, he also ensured the Manager's role for distribution in Africa and for his ACE part. He sponsored the ambassadors of the Zain experience project and was the president of the football team for Zain Gabon...
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Beston Tshinsele, MD of Zain in Congo B
Beston Tshinsele became Managing Director of Zain Congo B in 2009. He joined Zain as Operations Director in Gabon, a position he held for four years before spending two years as Operation Director in Congo B prior to moving to and being promoted as MD in Chad in June 2006. He began his career in Belgium as Research and Development Engineer in the field of microelectronics, CATV and ultra high frequency applications...
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Antoine Pamboro, MD of Zain in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Antoine Pamboro has 25 years experience in telecommunications from networks engineering, operations and implementation positions to senior management positions including regulatory and commercial. He was appointed Managing Director of Zain in DRC in April 2007 where he worked hard to re-establish market leadership and reverse declining trend driven by intense competition. Prior to that, Antoine was MD of Zain in Congo B from June 2004 to March 2007 where he achieved significant growth by totally transforming the operation from poor performance to be amongst top performers of the Group.
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Louis Lubala- MD of Zain in Niger
Mr Louis Lubala has over 23 years professional experience spanning diverse industries and different countries. He was appointed MD of the Zain Niger mobile operation in July 2008. Prior to being appointed Managing Director Zain Niger, Louis was the Marketing Director for Zain Zambia from August 2006 to July 2008 and before that he worked as Group Marketing Director Research & Planning reporting to the Group Chief Commercial Officer based in the Netherlands from 2004. ...
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Tsiresy Randriamampionona, Acting MD of Zain Madagascar
With over 14 years in the telecommunications industry, Mr Tsiresy Randriamampionona has taken over the reigns as Acting MD of Zain Madagascar since October 2009. He joined the existing mobile operation in November 2000 rising the ranks very quickly. Previously to this new role, he was the Marketing Director of the operation since March 2009 and before that the Public Relations & Regulatory Affairs Director at Zain Madagascar. Mr Randriamampionona has a Masters Degree in Business Management (DHESAE) and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (DSSAE) from the National Institute for Certified Accounting and Business Administration (INSCAE). He is well versed in several languages: Malagasy and French as his mother tongue and is fluent in English and scholar in German. Mr Randriamampionona is married with 3 children.
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Mbaye Sylla Khouma, General Manager, Zain in Chad
Mr. Khouma was promoted as General Manager for Zain Chad in April 2009. He is a senior marketing strategist with over 20 years of multinational private and public leadership experience in West Africa, North America and Western Europe. In January 2007, after a successful consulting mission, he was appointed as Chief Commercial Officer for Zain DRC, managing 3 Directors, Sales & Distribution, Marketing, Customer Services and a Business Solutions Unit. Mbaye Khouma is fluent in English and native in French.
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