TNM hires Canadian telecoms engineer as CEO
TNM plc has appointed Canadian telecommunications engineer Michel Hebert as its new chief executive officer with effect from March 15.
TNM plc board chairperson Ted Sauti-Phiri said in a statement yesterday that Hebert brings with him a combined 25 years senior level experience in telecommunications and technology garnered in Africa and the Middle East to the Malawi Stock Exchange-listed firm.
“His leadership as CEO has transformed organisations, delivered growth and opened new markets for well-known telecom companies such as Orange [Egypt], Ooredoo [Tunisia], Djezzy [Algeria], Comium [Côte d’Ivoire], Digicel [Papua New Guinea],” he said.
Sauti-Phiri said Hebert also worked as a senior consultant and telecoms strategist in the United States of America, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Sudan and South Korea.
The statement further said that his expertise has taken him to high-profile mobile telecoms and tech firms such as Motorola, AT Kearney, Telstra, PT Inti, SK Telecom, Liquid, and Sudatel Group.
“Most recently, Herbert has built, transformed and improved technology-led businesses at Sudatel Group [Sudan] in 4G LTE advanced, data centres, mobile financial services and fibre optics deployments, gaining new market share and doubling revenues and profits,” Sauti-Phiri said.
He said Michel has driven construction of thousands of kilometres of fibre for a massive new national infrastructure for Liquid in DR Congo.
“This opened new wholesale and home businesses which quickly dominated the Congolese Internet markets, tripling revenues and profits in less than three years,” said Sauti-Phiri.
The new CEO is an electrical engineer who earned his bachelor of science from Canada’s University of Waterloo and master of business administration from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business (USA).
