MTN Group announced, on May 30, the appointment of Tumi Chamayou as Group Executive: Enterprise Business Unit (GEBU), effective 1 June 2022.
Tumi Chamayou joined the GEBU team in 2018, as General Manager for Large Enterprise Sales, and has been Acting Executive for the function since July 2020, until now. During this time, said MTN, she has added immense value, overseeing client segment teams as well as the overall strategy and operational alignment with EBU teams in MTN’s Opcos.
Jens Schulte-Bockum, MTN Group Chief Operating Executive said, “Tumi has the expertise and track record to assist in bolstering the leadership capability of MTN Group. Critical to the realisation of our strategic imperatives is an integrated, synergistic, and collaborative leadership team whose core values and mindset are aligned with the company’s strategy. We look forward to working with Tumi in her new role”.
As Group Executive: Enterprise Business Unit, she has responsibility for MTN Group Enterprise Business Unit (EBU) client segment teams and the overall strategy with the EBU teams in MTN Opcos. In part of this role encompasses looking after the Large Enterprise, Multinationals and the SME Sales Segments for MTN Group, across the 22 OpCo’s of the Group.
Vice President at Ericsson Sub Saharan Africa
Tumi Chamayou is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in technology, telecommunications, and management consulting. Prior to joining MTN, she held various senior leadership roles at Ericsson, Egon Zehnder, Accenture and Decipher.
Before joining MTN, Tumi Chamayou was a core member of Egon Zehnder’s Technology and Telecommunications, Private Equity, and Family Business Advisory practices. Prior to Egon Zehnder, she was Vice President at Ericsson Sub Saharan Africa, covering 43 countries in the region and a member of the Region’s Leadership Team.
In that position she managed a large product portfolio with responsibilities that included strategy, marketing and communications, corporate and social responsibility, in addition to chairing the regional diversity and inclusion council. Over the course of her 10-year career at Ericsson she handled a wide range of assignments across Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe. Prior to that, she acquired extensive experience in technology and strategy consulting at Accenture and Decipher, a boutique strategy consulting house based in South Africa. Tumi is also an alumni of the Ericsson Young Advisory Board, having served as a 2010/2011 member to Ericsson CEO and President Hans Vestberg and his Executive Leadership Team. Tumi Chamayou started out as a systems engineer at EDS, working in the governmental and banking sectors.
Tumi Chamayou earned an MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand and a BSc in computer science from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa.
Within her capacity and roles, Tumi Chamayou has worked across various industries and lived in countries such as USA, Nigeria, Senegal, Singapore, Sweden and France and currently now in South Africa. Tumi is fluent in both English and French.
