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Apoorva Mehrotra
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Qualifications: Apoorva holds a master’s degree in management studies (Marketing) from K J Somaiya Institute of Management and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Allahabad.
Experience: He was appointed Managing Director for Airtel Networks Zambia Plc on 1st March 2018 until October 2022 when he was appointed as Airtel Africa Regional Director-East Africa. He had joined Airtel Zambia as Chief Commercial Officer in April 2017. He has over 28 years’ experience in Operations, Sales and Marketing across the telecom industry as well as in the consumer durables and FMCG sectors. Apoorva has since been promoted to be the Regional Managing Director for East Africa of the Eastern Region. Before joining Airtel and most notably, he spent 14 years at Vodafone, where his last posting was as Executive Vice President (EVP) & Business Head for the Delhi NCR Circle.
External appointments: Apoorva Mehrotra is currently serving as Director at Airtel Networks in Uganda and Airtel Networks Tanzania.
Hamish Chipungu
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Hamish Chipungu is a seasoned risk management and internal audit professional with over 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector. He has held senior roles at the Bank of Zambia, ZANACO, and Access Bank Zambia, including Chief Risk Officer, Director of Internal Audit, and Chief Risk & Compliance Officer.
Mr Chipungu is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and holds certifications as a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA), and in ISO 31000. He has led the implementation of key governance and compliance frameworks including ISO 31000 (Risk Management), ISO 22301 (Business Continuity), ISO 27001 (Information Security), and ISO 19600 (Compliance Management).
He was the founding President of the Institute of Internal Auditors Zambia and continues to support both public and private institutions in strengthening risk oversight and assurance functions.
Hussam Baday
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Experience: Hussam is a Master of Business Administration and BSc holder in Electronics and Communications Engineering. Prior to this appointment, Hussam was the Chief Commercial Officer in Airtel Zambia since December 2021, and prior to that he worked as the Company’s Marketing Director since July 2018. He was the Chief Marketing Officer at Sudatel Telecom Group (STG) before joining the Airtel Group. STG is a leading telecom service provider serving customers in Sudan and West Africa.
Hussam has a rich background in successful Commercial strategies, business development, and proper execution that turned around commercial performance. He also serves as an advisory board member at CMO- council Africa and holds a Professional Diploma in marketing from The Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and an executive education in Leading with Results from INSEAD (France).
Jaideep Paul
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Qualifications: He is a Commerce Graduate from Calcutta University and a Chartered Accountant from ICAI.
Experience: Jaideep joined Bharti Airtel Delhi Circle in 2002. He worked as Chief Financial Officer of Bharti Retail (a franchisee of Walmart) for 2 years and Fairtrade LLC Muscat before joining Airtel Nigeria as Chief Financial Officer in September 2010.
He has been the Chief Finance Officer at Airtel Africa since May 2014 following his role at Airtel Nigeria. He has a total work experience of 29 years having started his career with Pricewaterhouse in 1989.
He continues to provide the Board with the ability to achieve financial discipline and enhance the overall efficiency of the organization. Jaideep is a keen analyst with exceptional negotiation and relationship management skills and abilities.
External appointments: Jaideep serves on the boards of Airtel Nigeria and Airtel Tanzania. He is also Director of several entities under the BAIN and Airtel Mobile Commerce umbrellas.
Lynda Mataka
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Experience
Ms. Lynda Mataka is a seasoned legal practitioner with over 20 years of experience at the Zambian Bar, specializing in corporate law. She is the Managing Partner at Lynda Mataka and Partners Legal Practitioners, where she provides strategic leadership and advises on complex corporate transactions.
Her expertise spans mergers and acquisitions, financial sector regulation, corporate governance, and legislative drafting. Prior to private practice, she served as a Senior Legislative Draftsperson at the Ministry of Justice and later held roles at the Bank of Zambia, including Inspector, Non-Bank Financial Sector Regulation, and Senior Counsel in the Advisory Bank Secretariat.
Ms. Mataka serves on the boards of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Access Bank Botswana, and has previously served on the boards of ZESCO, Access Bank Zambia, Dangote Cement Zambia, and the Energy Regulation Board.
A Chevening Scholar, she holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Business Law from the University of Manchester and is a qualified Advocate of the High Court and Supreme Court of Zambia, as well as a member of the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ).
Monica Kambo
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Qualifications: Monica holds a Master of Science Degree in Global Human Resource Management from the University of Liverpool UK, She is a Chartered Marketer from the Chartered institute of Marketing-UK and has recently attended INSEAD leadership courses.
Experience: She is currently the Group Human Resource Director of Airtel Africa plc, a position she has held since March 2020. She is currently tasked with delivery of business strategy through talent leadership and HR operations. She is a seasoned 20-year expertise spans in the fields of business management, strategy development and execution, talent management and entrepreneurship across diverse global markets in Africa, the India sub-continent and Europe. She started her career managing brand investments at DDBCCL and subsequently moved to WPP- Scangroup companies in progressively senior roles. In her time at WPP Scangroup, she took on key management roles in Uganda and South Africa. She has held the positions of General Manager at Ogilvy Africa and Managing Director at MEC / Wavemaker. Prior to joining Airtel Africa plc, Monicah was the Group Human Resource Director for WPP Scangroup. Monica has a passion for mentoring young women and engaging in driving sustainability agenda within her community.
External appointments: Monicah Kambo is currently serving as a Director at Airtel Malawi Networks Plc and Airtel Seychelles Limited.