CEO Today Africa Awards

www.ceotodaymagazine.com 76 CEO Today Africa Awards 2019 south africa ROB SHUTER Group President and CEO MTN Group FIRM PROFILE Every day, MTN is inspired by the unstoppable spirit of the people we serve. Our foundation as a business is driven by our core belief that everyone deserves the benefits of a modern, connected life. A belief that enables us to make the lives of the people we serve a whole lot brighter. It is for this reason that over 560 million Africans are under coverage of a high-speed digital highway, while over 30 million Africans have a bank in their pocket with MTN Mobile Money. Employment creation is a reality for over 5 million people selling MTN airtime and MoMo services as we help empower over 4 million SMEs to make it big. Africa’s youth have been given access to 925 media centres. With every action taken, digital inclusion becomes a reality for the African population. Since the existence of MTN in 1994, we have witnessed significant progress and had a front row seat to see how mobile connectivity can boost Africa’s growth and the development of its people. Our approach going forward is to always ask: how far can we all go? MTN is an emerging market mobile operator at the forefront of technological and digital changes. From our headquarters in Johannesburg and guided by our values, we are delivering a bold, new digital world to our customers across Africa and the Middle East – one of the world’s fastest-growing regions for mobile telecommunications. Established in South Africa at the dawn of democracy as a leader in transformation, we have grown rapidly by investing in advanced communication infrastructure and by harnessing the talent of our people. We now offer voice, data and digital services to retail customers in the 21 countries in which our operations have telecoms licenses. We also offer enterprise solutions to corporate and public-sector customers in a total of 23 countries. Our brand is among the most admired brands in Africa as well as among the most valuable African brands. We believe everyone deserves the benefits of a modern connected life. Our vision is to lead the delivery of a bold, new digital world to our customers and our purpose is to make our customers’ lives a whole lot BRIGHTER. MTN is an emerging market mobile operator at the forefront of technological and digital changes. From our headquarters in Johannesburg and guided by our values, we are delivering a bold, new digital world to our customers across Africa and the Middle East – one of the world’s fastest-growing regions for mobile telecommunications. Established in South Africa at the dawn of democracy as a leader in transformation, we have grown rapidly by investing in advanced communication infrastructure and by harnessing the talent of our people. We now offer voice, data and digital services to retail customers in the 21 countries in which our operations have telecoms licenses. We also offer enterprise solutions to corporate and public-sector customers in a total of 23 countries. Our brand is among the most admired brands in Africa as well as among the most valuable African brands. ABOUT ROB SHUTER Rob is a seasoned executive with experience in the telecommunications and financial services sectors across the African and European markets. Prior to joining MTN in March 2017, Rob served as CEO of the Europe cluster at Vodafone and CEO of Vodafone Netherlands. He is the former Group CFO of Vodacom Group. During his banking career, Rob served as managing director of Nedbank Retail and head of investment banking at Standard Bank. www.mtn.com