MTN Nigeria, the largest mobile telecoms company in Nigeria, has appointed Adia Sowho as the Chief Marketing Officer and Shoyinka Shodunke as the Chief Information Officer of the company.
According to Karl Toriola, CEO, MTN Nigeria, while commenting on the unaudited results for the half-year ended 30 June 2021, ” we further localised our predominantly Nigerian management team with the appointment of Nigerians to two key senior positions (Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Information Officer) previously held by expatriates”
With the appointment, Adia becomes the first female Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the company. Before now, Adia Sowho was the interim CEO of Thrive Agric, appointed to manage the payout crisis that rocked the company in 2020.
Adia Sowho has worked as the Vice President of Growth at MIGO and managed the Digital Media business at Etisalat Nigeria.
She has a first degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sheffield and an MBA from Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management.
This appointment will be a return home for Shoyinka Shodunke who was the General Manager IT Service Delivery and CIO at MTN Nigeria and CIO at MTN Cameroon at previous times in his career before his move to Vodafone as the Director of Technology.
