Telecommunications giant, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the appointment of C. Surendran as its new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with effect from August 1.
In addition, Surendran will be appointed to the Executive Committee (ExCo) as Regional Operating Director, reporting to the CEO of Airtel Africa plc, and onto the Board of Airtel Networks (Nigeria) Limited.
Surendran takes over from Olusegun Ogunsanya, who has been appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Africa plc with effect from October 1, with a transition period from August 1, 2021.
According to a statement by the company, Surendran has been with Bharti Airtel since 2003 and has contributed immensely in various roles across customer experience, sales and business operations.
In his most recent role as CEO Karnataka, which is the largest circle in Airtel India with over $1billion in revenue, Surendran delivered exceptional performance with significant movement in Revenue Market Share (RMS) over last few years, currently at 54 per cent.
He has over 30 years of business experience, including 15 years at Xerox. Surendran will transition into his new role from June 1, 2021 and spend the time onboarding into the business until July 31, 2021.
