By Staff Writer
MTN Business has appointed four new senior managers as part of an ongoing overhaul of its top leadership aimed at making the firm a key player in the enterprise market.
The firm said Mandisa Ntloko would take over as the head of enterprise marketing. She joins MTN from Accenture.
Ntloko has extensive experience in developing and implementing marketing and communications strategies at a number of multinationals. She worked for a number of entities in various roles, including at MTN South Africa, later at Dimension Data where she served in different roles including Director for Marketing and Communications for Africa and the Middle East.
Ntloko holds a BA degree in International Relations and Industrial Sociology and studied at the Warwick Business School in London where she obtained her Masters in Business Administration (MBA).
MTN Business also appointed Claude Chetty in the role of general manager for the SME segment. Chetty has extensive experience in the B2C (business to consumer) and B2B (business to business) segment, and has proven experience in developing sales and marketing strategies including route-to-market, pricing and channel management. He is familiar with the ICT space having worked for Telkom SA in various roles, including serving as Divisional Executive: SMME Channel Management and Development.
The organisation has also secured the services of David Mphelo who will assume the role of General Manager for Public Sector. Mphelo has a BSc Honours degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and has proven experience in the ICT sector where he served in various roles. Before joining MTN Business, Mphelo was Executive Director for Public Sector at Cisco Systems SA. He also worked for a number of multinational companies in the ICT space, including Microsoft, Unisys and Hewlett-Packard Services Executive, here he served as a Services Executive, Business Development Executive and Sales and marketing Manager respectively.
Mphelo has extensive experience in developing and implementing competitive marketing and sales strategies to drive business growth.
Furthermore, MTN Business has appointed Delwin Bratby as the new general manager for Client Services. An MBA graduate from Wits Business School, Bratby has extensive management and leadership exposure and has proven experience in the ICT sector having worked for Telkom in various capacities. Bratby also holds an MSc Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Pretoria.
“We are pleased with the appointments we have made as they bring a wealth of experience and expertise that bodes well for the growth and future of MTN Business. We have a solid strategy in place of being the Information Communications and Technology partner of choice for geographic and market expansion and we believe that these appointments will propel us closer to achieving our strategic objectives,” Alpheus Mangale, chief enterprise officer: MTN South Africa.
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