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Olusegun Akinfenwa

Senior Vice President at Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) - Du Telecoms
28.1 yrs experienceTelecommunications
Nov 2020

The move

MoveMobily du
TitleExecutive General Manager Senior Vice President
LocationKingdom of Saudi Arabia Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates
UAE federal / sovereign destinationYes
Years in UAE3.2
Total experience28.1 years
du headcount1,001-5,000 employees
du industryTelecommunications
du HQDubai
du typePublic Company

Career arc

  1. Senior Vice PresidentNov 2020 — Present
    du· Full-time
  2. Senior Vice PresidentAug 2017 — Oct 2020
    du· Dubai, UAE.· Full-time
  3. Executive General ManagerJul 2016 — Jul 2017
    Mobily· Kingdom of Saudi Arabia· Full-time
  4. General Manager, Financial OperationsFeb 2013 — Jul 2014
    MTN Nigeria· Lagos
  5. General Manager, Financial PlanningJul 2009 — Jun 2016
    MTN Nigeria· Lagos
  6. Senior Manager, Management AccountingApr 2009 — Jun 2009
    MTN Group· Johannesburg Area, South Africa
  7. Senior Manager, Business Analysis and PlanningMay 2006 — Mar 2009
    MTN Nigeria· Lagos, Nigeria.
  8. Management information reportingNov 2003 — Apr 2006
    MTN Nigeria Communications limited· Lagos
  9. Senior AssociateJul 2001 — Oct 2003
    PricewaterhouseCoopers· Lagos
  10. AssociateFeb 1999 — Jun 2001
    PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited· Lagos
  11. Accounts AssistantJul 1997 — Jan 1999
    Amimike Investments Nigeria limited· Ibadan

Education

Languages

  • English

Top skills

Financial StatementsStrategyIFRSStrategic PlanningTaxFinancial Analysis

About

Segun is a Chartered Accountant (ACA, ICAN & ICAEW) with about 30 years hands-on professional experience and international exposure. He is an Alumni of the prestigious Columbia University, USA with numerous leadership trainings and practical global tour of successful organisations in the World. His experience cuts across all the economic sectors; Financial, Manufacturing (FMCG), Oil and Gas, Consumer Products and Telecoms, in Nigeria, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE). In the course of working with PwC, MTN Nigeria and MTN Group office in South Africa (with over $25bn turnover), Etisalat Etihad Company (Mobily) in Saudi Arabia and Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (Du Telecoms) in Dubai (UAE), he performed the following functions; • Financial Reporting

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