The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh, has been appointed the Chief Commercial Officer of MTN Group.
He will succeed Jens Schulte-Bockum who steps down as Group Chief Operating Officer of the MTN Group at the end of his contract term in March 2024.
Mr Adadevoh joined MTN in 2018 as CEO of MTN Ghana after having worked with Digicel, as well as with Millicom.
A statement released by the mobile network operator indicated Mr. Adadevoh will become a member of the MTN Group Executive Committee after Jens steps down from his executive role in March 2024.
Stephen Blewett, MTN Operations Executive, Markets, will assume the role of CEO of MTN Ghana after Mr. Adadevoh’s exit.
“We congratulate Selorm on his new appointment and thank him for successfully leading the company and steering it through challenging times, and for his hard work and commitment to MTN Ghana over the past five and a half years. We have no doubt that he will excel in his new role,” said MTN Ghana Board Chairman, Dr. Ishmael Yamson.
Below is MTN’s full statement.
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As part of our work to ensure orderly leadership succession, MTN Group announces the appointment of MTN Ghana CEO, Selorm Adadevoh, a Ghanaian, to the new role of MTN Group, Chief Commercial Officer, taking over from Jens Schulte-Bockum who steps down as Group Chief Operating Officer at the end of his contract term in March 2024.
Source: Wires
