MTN appoints Chamayou as group executive

South Africa-based telecoms company MTN Group has appointed Tumi Chamayou as group executive for its Enterprise Business Unit.

Chamayou joined the unit in 2018 as general manager for large enterprise sales and has been acting executive for that function since July 2020.

She has extensive experience in technology, telecommunications and management consulting and before joining MTN held various senior leadership roles at Ericsson, Egon Zehnder, Accenture and Decipher.

Jens Schulte-Bockum, MTN Group CEO, said: “Tumi has the expertise and track record to assist in bolstering the leadership capability of MTN Group. Critical to the realisation of our strategic imperatives is an integrated, synergistic and collaborative leadership team whose core values and mindset are aligned with the company’s strategy. We look forward to working with Tumi in her new role.”