CEO Today Africa Awards

www.ceotodaymagazine.com 30 CEO Today Africa Awards 2017 NIGERIA SEGUN OGUNSANYA CEO & Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Networks Limited in Nigeria, is an Engineer and a Chartered Accountant by profession with over 26 years’ experience garnered across multiple geographies, organizations and diverse sectors such as telecoms, consulting, Banking and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). Mr. Ogunsanya joined Airtel Nigeria in 2012 and he has repositioned the company to become profitable and the 2nd largest telecommunications company by revenue, serving over 30 million customers. In February 2016, he was elevated and appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director for Airtel’s operations in Nigeria and Ghana, with responsibility for accelerated growth and overall profitability across the two West Africa cluster countries. Mr. Ogunsanya joined Airtel from The Coca-Cola Company, where he started his career in Finance and gradually transitioned into senior leadership roles with the various bottling operations of The Coca-Cola Company across diverse markets and countries in Africa. He was Chief Executive Officer for Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana for about nine years. In his last stint as the Managing Director and CEO of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company in Nigeria, the first African to be appointed, he was responsible for over $1bn revenue operations annually. He was also the CEO of the Kenya operations for Coca-Cola Sabco, where he was instrumental in successfully turning around the business. Prior to this, he worked with Ecobank Transnational where, as the Managing Director of Retail Banking for Africa, he was responsible for the operations across 28 countries. Apart from manufacturing and banking, Mr. Ogunsanya has consulting experience having worked with Arthur Anderson & Co in Nigeria where he was involved in Audit, Tax Advisory, setting up new businesses and profit improvement services. In 2012, he was appointed a member of the Implementation and Technical Committee of Strategic Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Policy by the Federal Government of Nigeria. He was a member of the Business Support Group, which was set up to provide a platform for anchoring the views of the Organised Private Sector on the development of a National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan for the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2013. A director on the board of Nigeria Economic Summit Group, the foremost private sector advocacy group in Nigeria, he also served on the board of the following organizations at various times;. 1. The Coca-Cola Holdings, Kenya 2. Coca-Cola Juice Company, Kenya (BSK Limited) 3. Board of Trustees of Machakos Institute of Developmental Studies (Kenya) 4. American Chambers of Commerce, Ghana (was the Vice President) 5. Board of Trustees of the Post Graduate Medical School of Ghana 6. Junior Achievers, Ghana Chapter 7. ICT Advisory Board, Nigeria. Mr. Ogunsanya is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Ife, Nigeria. Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Institute of Credit Administration, Institute of Directors in Nigeria , he is also a Honourary Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Food, Science & Technology. He is a member of the prestigious Lagos Metropolitan Club and the Ikoyi Club. Mr. Ogunsanya enjoys reading and travelling. He is married to Aderonke and they are blessed with a son and a daughter. ABOUT SEGUN OGUNSANYA www.africa.airtel.com Airtel Networks Limited, Plot L2 Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos; Tel: +234 802 192 1500; +234 802 192 1501 ; +234 802 192 0019; +234 802 192 1502 | Fax :+234 802 190 1503; +234 802 190 1504