Wim Vanhelleputte
| Wim Vanhelleputte | |
|---|---|
| Born | Belgium |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Belgian |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Belgium |
| 🎓 Alma mater | State University of Ghent (Bachelor of Engineering) (Master of Science in Nuclear & Solid-state Physics) Université libre de Bruxelles (Master of Science in Power Plant Management) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 2000s – present |
| Known for | Managerial skills, Business record |
| Title | Designated Chief Executive Officer of Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia. |
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Wim Vanhelleputte is a Belgian engineer, businessman and corporate executive, who was appointed as chief executive officer and managing director of Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia Plc., the Ethiopian subsidiary of the telecommunications and financial multinational Safaricom Plc., based in Nairobi Kenya. His appointment was made in June 2023 and he is expected to assume office on 1 September 2023.[1]
Before that, from 1 August 2022 until 31 August 2023, he was the Regional Operations CEO of MTN Group's operations and governance issues in four operating subsidiaries in West and Central Africa. The subsidiaries are operating in the Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Liberia.[1][2]
Background and education[edit]
Vanhelleputte is a Belgian national. He is also reported to be a naturalized Ugandan citizen.[3] He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree, awarded by the State University of Ghent, in Ghent, Belgium. The same university awarded him a Master of Science degree in Nuclear & Solid-State Physics. He also holds a Master of Science in Power Plant Management, from the Université libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium.[1]
Career[edit]
Vanhelleputte has engineering and management experience that spans over 25 years, with a significant portion of his career spent in the management of telecommunication networks on the African continent.[1][4]
His first job was as an associate engineer, based in the Czech Republic, at the European division of Westinghouse Energy Systems. He then transferred to Siemens Atea, an IT company as a project engineer in Zimbabwe, before relocating to Gabon as a residential project manager. He has held senior leadership roles in various other companies including as CEO at Sentel GSM in Senegal, as managing director of TchadMobile in Chad and as General Manager at Telcel in Gabon.[1][4]
Between 2009 and 2015, he served as the CEO for MTN Côte d'Ivoire. He then served as the Regional Director for Francophone Africa at Airtel Africa and then as cluster CEO for Airtel Congo Kinshasa and Airtel Congo Brazzaville.[1][4]
He then served a six-year stint as the CEO of MTN Uganda, from 2016 until 2022. During his tenure, he oversaw the renewal of the telco transmission license, the separation of the company's financial services subsidiary into a separate entity and the successful listing of the shares of the company on the Uganda Securities Exchange in an initial public offering (IPO). He was replaced at MTN Uganda by Sylvia Wairimu Mulinge a former executive at Safaricom Plc. and the first female CEO at the Ugandan company.[5]
Safaricom Ethiopia[edit]
Vanhelleputte was selected by the board of Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia Plc, to replace Anwar Soussa, the founding managing director, whose two-year secondment from Vodacom had come to an end.[1][4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Kabui Mwangi (27 June 2023). "Safaricom picks new Ethiopia chief executive on Soussa exit". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ↑ Job Bwire (30 June 2022). "Safaricom's Sylvia Mulinge replaces Wim Vanhelleputte as MTN-Uganda boss". Daily Monitor. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ↑ Michael Wakabi (1 July 2023). "Wim's turn at the wheel at Ethiopian telco". The EastAfrican. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Ethiopian Monitor (27 June 2023). "Safaricom Ethiopia Onboards Wim Vanhelleputte as New CEO". Ethiopian Monitor. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ↑ Aloysius Kasoma (1 July 2022). "Wim Vanhelleputte Leaves MTN Uganda". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
External links[edit]
- Official Website of Safaricom Ethiopia Plc
- Wim The Ex-MTN Uganda CEO Who Quadrupled Profits In 6 Years Appointed Safaricom Ethiopia CEO As of 27 June 2023.
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