Dinesh Balsingh

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Airtel Nigeria CEO

Since he assumed the leadership of Airtel Nigeria in November 2024, Dinesh Balsingh has been driving strategy and operations in Airtel Africa’s largest market, in addition to group functions. Previously, he was the Managing Director of Airtel Tanzania Plc, a position he took in January 2022. He had also served as Chief Commercial Officer for Airtel Airtel Nigeria from 2018-2021. Dinesh brings over 24 years of telecommunications and business experience, including strong business planning and analytical skills applied for the development of effective strategies around products, brand development, sales, and distribution channels.

Joypratip Sengupta

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Sales & Distribution Director Nigeria

Joypratip is an international telecom executive with over twenty years of leadership experience across Asia, Africa and Europe. He will be bringing on board a proven track record of driving sales and distribution growth in some of the most hyper-competitive markets.

Ismail Adeshina

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Marketing, Brands and Advertising, and Digital Products & Innovation Director Nigeria

A telecom marketing trailblazer with over 20 years of experience in the sector. He is passionate about customer-centric strategies driven by data insights, adept at leveraging technology, and thrives on collaborating with innovators and go-getters to push boundaries and deliver exceptional results.

Oladokun Oye

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Customer Experience and Operations Director Nigeria

With over 13 years of professional experience, he has led initiatives to enhance customer experience and profitability while developing new direct sales channels and driving business growth.

Shola Adeyemi

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Chief Legal & Regulatory Director/Company Secretary

Having been with Airtel Nigeria since January 2011, his career in legal and regulatory affairs spans over 30 years. Shola’s expertise extends into other business-critical areas such as governmental affairs, litigation, dispute resolution and has years of recorded success with reference to telecoms, Nigeria Communications Commission, the Ministry of Justice, and others.

Ogo Ofomata

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Director Airtel Business

Ogo is a change catalyst in business development and sales management. With 24 years of experience successfully leading and developing strategic telecommunications sales teams across Africa, she has been with Airtel Nigeria since January 2021.

Phanindra Nichanametla

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Chief Finance Officer

A seasoned finance expert with over three decades of telecoms industry experience. Prior to joining Airtel Nigeria in March 2023, he was with Airtel Africa & Bharti Airtel HQ where he managed India, Sri-Lanka & Bangladesh.

Adebimpe Ayo-Elias

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A widely recognized expert in the human resource management field, her over 30 years of experience spans telecoms, consulting, banking, and fintech. Since she joined Airtel Nigeria in May 2020, she has helped and led the effort in implementing HR strategies to achieve diverse organizational goals, from recruitment, HR process reviews, learning and development, diversification and inclusion, and compensation management.

Raghvendra Gupta

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Director, Supply Chain Management

Prior to joining Airtel Nigeria in April 2019, he was the Head of Supply Chain – Market Operations, India. He has about 27 years’ experience in Telecoms with proven abilities in ERP based Supply Chain Management, Project Management & Procurement, Materials Management & Contracts Management, Working Capital Management, and Inventory Management.

Ngozi Akamelu

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Director, Internal Assurance

She joined Airtel Nigeria in September 2022, with over 20 years of extensive international experience in Audit and Assurance, Financial Planning, Analysis and Reporting, Risk Management, Compliance, Treasury Management and Project management with a career in industries such as consulting (the Big 4) and telecommunications.

Adefemi Adeniran

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Director, Corporate Communications & CSR

Prior to returning to Airtel January 2023, Femi had worked in a State-owned Government Parastatal agency as Chief Executive Officer. He brings to the business over 24 years of experience in Strategy Planning and Formulation, Corporate, Investor and Government Relations, Crises and Risk Management, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability.

Harmanpreet Singh Dhillon

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Director, Network Transformation and Planning

With an impressive track record of over 23 years in the telecommunications industry, Harmanpreet has previously served in various capacities across leading telecommunications companies in Asia, responsible for technology strategy, forecasting, expansion, operations, cost optimization, and capex planning for networks teams. He assumed his current position in Airtel Nigeria in 2023.

Kemi Ariyo

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Director, Information and Technology

An Information Technology Professional offering over 13 years of experience across multiple functions, industries and continents in the IT value chain, Kemi brings to Airtel Nigeria a track record of midwifing technical solutions geared towards service efficiency, IT security, customer experience, and business profitability. She has been IT Director since 2023.