Wendel : Adam Walker to retire as IHS Towers Group CFO, Steve Howden to succeed

14 June 2021, London: IHS Holding Limited ('IHS Towers'), one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world by tower count, today announces that Adam Walker, Executive Vice President (EVP) and Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who joined IHS in 2017, is planning to retire from full time executive life.

Adam's retirement will take effect from March 2022 by which time he will have served as a Group CFO across multiple corporate entities, for almost 20 years, five of which have been with IHS Towers.

Steve Howden, current Senior Vice President and Deputy CFO will succeed Adam in the role of EVP & Group CFO effective April 1^st, 2022. Steve joined IHS Towers in 2013 and was appointed to his current role reporting to Adam in 2019, where he oversees the treasury function, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, communications, commercial and mergers & acquisitions (M&A).

Steve has been instrumental in leading several of the acquisitions and financing activities at IHS Towers in recent years. Steve joined IHS Towers from Ernst & Young where he was a member of the Ernst & Young M&A department and in the Corporate Restructuring team. Steve is a Chartered Accountant who trained at Ernst & Young in London and has a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Bath in the UK.