MTN South Africa has appointed senior Openserve government Pushkar Gokhale as its new chief wholesale officer. He’ll begin within the job in August.
His position will contain guaranteeing MTN turns into the “community of alternative for the wholesale market”, the corporate stated in an announcement on Tuesday.
Gokhale is at the moment chief digital and technique officer at Openserve, the wholesale networks subsidiary of Telkom.
“He has held numerous government management roles in various markets, together with the US, Australia, India and throughout Africa. His wealth of expertise is especially precious as MTN positions itself for development in connectivity platforms and digital infrastructure past 2025,” the MTN assertion stated.
“Pushkar’s management can be vital as we place ourselves for sustained development in connectivity and digital infrastructure within the years forward,” stated MTN South Africa CEO Charles Molapisi.
Gokhale holds an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Enterprise Science and a grasp’s diploma in info programs from La Trobe College in Australia. He’s at the moment pursuing the chief digital officer programme on the Kellogg College of Administration.
String of exits
He’s taking over at MTN from outgoing chief wholesale officer Quintus De Beer, who has been appointed as an government for IT transformation.
Gokhale’s departure from Openserve is the most recent in a string of government resignations to hit the corporate within the latest previous.
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In December, it emerged that CEO Althon Beukes had resigned to “search new profession challenges”.
Then, in January, fibre operator Maziv — a direct competitor to Openserve — introduced it had employed Phila Dube, Openserve’s former chief business officer, into an identical position. – © 2025 NewsCentral Media
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