{"id":7060,"date":"2013-07-25T06:27:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T06:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/mtn-picks-nigerian-as-ceo\/"},"modified":"2013-07-25T06:27:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T06:27:21","slug":"mtn-picks-nigerian-as-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/mtn-picks-nigerian-as-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN picks Nigerian as CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Africa\u2019s largest mobile operator, MTN\u00a0Group yesterday named Michael Ikpoki, its Ghana Chief Executive to head its key Nigerian business, in a job reshuffle sparked by the abrupt resignation of its Chief Financial Officer.<\/p>\n

Nigeria is the second-biggest revenue earner for the Johannesburg-based MTN, which has operations in nearly two dozen countries in Africa and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Harvard-trained Nigerian Ikpoki, according to Reuters, is replacing Brett Goschen, who took over as CFO, after Nazir Patel resigned this week following an investigation into allegations against him.<\/p>\n

MTN said the allegations against Patel were over governance and would not impact its financial results. It has not given any other details.<\/p>\n

The Chief Marketing Officer for MTN\u2019s South Africa business, Serame Taukobong, will take over as Head of Ghana.<\/p>\n

MTN\u2019s shares have dropped seven per cent since the announcement of Patel\u2019s departure after close of trade on Monday.<\/p>\n

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