MTN Group has made two key appointments to its executive team. The mobile operator has promoted MTN Ghana CEO Selorm Adadevoh to group chief commercial officer, effective 1 April 2024. He will assume the role currently held by group COO Jens Schulte-Bockum, whose contract ends on 31 March 2024.

Adadevoh's new designation has been amended to better align with the group's operating model, and he will join the exco on the effective date and assume all of Schulte-Bockum's executive responsibilities in a transition process over the next few months, says MTN. Adadevoh joined MTN in 2018 as CEO of key subsidiary MTN Ghana and brings extensive experience to his new role, it says. Prior to assuming the role of MTN Ghana CEO, he held key positions within the Digicel Group, including CEO, COO and global director of the mobile financial services firm.

Before that, he held various senior positions at telecoms firm Millicom/Tigo in Ghana. Schulte-Bockum will continue to serve as a non-executive director on the boards of MTN South Africa, MTN Nigeria and Bayobab.