SEACOM, Africa’s main telecommunications and managed providers supplier, as we speak introduced the corporate’s Group Chief Govt Officer, Oliver Fortuin, has resigned.
Fortuin will proceed to serve in his place till June this 12 months, throughout which era he’ll proceed to assist the SEACOM board and likewise take part within the course of to announce his successor, which the corporate expects to conclude within the coming weeks.
Fortuin’s resolution to depart SEACOM comes because of a call to be nearer to his grownup youngsters who’ve relocated abroad.
“It’s been a privilege to guide SEACOM on this subsequent stage of its improvement. SEACOM is blessed with nice expertise and a really skilled management workforce, who will present each the continuity and experience required to make sure we stay a frontrunner on the continent as the corporate continues to rework and broaden.” Fortuin mentioned.
Throughout Fortuin’s tenure, he drove the corporate’s bold five-year technique to develop into a Pan-African converged telecommunications organisation. Based mostly on this, SEACOM has diversified its choices in each the wholesale and enterprise segments, in addition to getting into new key markets broadening its geographic footprint. SEACOM has additionally accomplished a number of main acquisitions beneath Fortuin’s steerage. These embody the acquisition of ICT service supplier EOH Networking Options (EOH-NS) and Hymax, in addition to the acquisition of chosen infrastructure belongings in Kenya and Uganda.
“The previous couple of years have been a interval of change and progress for SEACOM. It has been due to efficient management that we’ve weathered storms, made daring selections, and redefined how we do enterprise throughout the continent. We’re grateful to Oliver for his dedication to our shared imaginative and prescient and want him all the most effective,” mentioned Pieter Uys – Chairman of the SEACOM Board.
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