Steven Evans, the CEO of Etisalat Nigeria, is said to have left his position last month and returned to the UK after leading the mobile operator from 2008 when it launched.
Chief commercial officer Matthew Willsher has been appointed as acting CEO in…
Steven Evans, the CEO of Etisalat Nigeria, is said to have left his position last month and returned to the UK after leading the mobile operator from 2008 when it launched.
Chief commercial officer Matthew Willsher has been appointed as acting CEO in his place, Bloomberg reported citing a press officer who could not be reached by TelecomFinance.
Evans joined Etisalat Nigeria in December 2008 following a spells as CEO of BT Mobile and director of wireless broadband at BT.
Prior to that he spent 10 years with Cable & Wireless, and held roles with a variety of operators such as Australia’s Optus Mobile and French telco Bouygues.
Since then, the Etisalat subsidiary has grown into Nigeria’s fourth largest operator and had 14% of the country’s 90 million mobile users, according to its parent 2012 annual report.
Yesterday, TelecomFinance confirmed that Etisalat Nigeria has approached several banks with a request for proposal (RFP) for advice on the sale of its towers.
According to a telecoms banker with knowledge of the situation, the RFP was sent out several weeks ago already. It remains unclear if an adviser has been picked in the meantime or if Etisalat is still studying proposals.
Etisalat Nigeria, partly-owned by UAE’s Etisalat, has approximately 2,500 towers in the country, valued at a reported US$400m.
