MTN Nigeria Names Two New Executives

*Lynda Saint-Nwafor

*Omatsola Barrow

MTN Nigeria has announced the appointment of Lynda Saint-Nwafor as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Omatsola Barrow as Sales and Distribution Executive.

A statement made available to onlinerommy.blogspot.com yesterday said that until her elevation, Saint-Nwafor was General Manager, Network Planning with responsibility for developing strategies aimed at improving operational efficiencies on the Network, development of game-changing Value Added Services, capacity planning and deployment of Core/Intelligent Network infrastructure, Interconnect and roaming services.

As CTO, she will be responsible for defining MTN’s Technology Strategy and roadmap, designing and planning all aspects of MTN’s network operations; oversee continued implementation of aggressive network rollout schedules, development and maintenance of technology infrastructure, as well as policy formulation and review.

Saint-Nwafor who holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Enugu State University of Science and Technology has also undertaken a spectrum of extensive executive education from leading international Business Schools, including the prestigious Columbia Business School, New York, the USA.

Prior to joining MTN Nigeria in 2002 as a Core Network Planning Engineer, she served as the Head of Department of Engineering Development and Project Management in EMIS Telecoms, and was actively engaged in review of the policy framework for deregulating the Telecommunications sector.

In a related development, Omatsola Barrow, the new Sales and Distribution Executive, joins MTN with an expansive professional background most of which were spent as head of various sales/business development units across diverse sectors. He has a track record of success in building and optimising distribution networks.

Before joining MTN, Barrow was Area Head of Trade Marketing and Distribution, West Africa Area for British American Tobacco (BAT) where he was responsible for developing and implementing the Sales, Trade Marketing & Distribution strategy for BAT. Amongst several strategic achievements, he led a sales transformation project which not only increased rural penetration, but also grew sales by 11%.

Prior to BAT, Barrow worked in Oando Plc first as the National Commercial Manager and subsequently in an executive role as the Chief Marketing Officer (Commercial). His experience in sales and distribution began in GlaxoSmithKline Nigeria Limited (GSK) where he worked in various capacities as District Manager, Regional Manager, Project Manager and Business Development Manager from March 1992 to August 2005.

Barrow holds a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Ilorin, and is an alumnus of the Graduate School of Business General Management programme of the University of Cape Town, South Africa.