Airtel Nigeria Elevates Ayo-Elias To Director Of HR And Administration

Telco company, Airtel Nigeria has appointed HR professional Adebimpe Ayo-Elias as Director of Human Resources and Administration.

The newly appointed Director who had previously served the telco services provider as its head of Human Resources business partnering, will be tasked with driving communication, people agenda, with a major focus on ensuring a passionate, and highly engaged team.

Commenting on the appointment, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Surendran Chemmenkotil said: “Airtel is committed to growing and empowering its internal talent pool as well as reinforcing its drive toward gender diversity at every level starting with leadership. At Airtel, our employees are our competitive advantage, committed to creating opportunities for all our talented people to succeed, grow, achieve their full potentials and fulfil personal and professional aspirations.

“Ayo- Elias is a transformational leader who is passionate about people, we are very confident that she will deliver on our people's agenda as we position ourselves as the employer of first choice for talented Nigerians.”

With over twenty-five years of cognate experience across industries including telecommunications, software and fintech and human resource consulting, Ayo-Elias had served extensively in professional capacities at MTN, Nokia, SystemSpecs, and Human Edge amongst others.

Adebimpe Ayo-Elias holds an M.Sc in International Human Resource Management from Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, U.K; Member, SPIC – Chartered Institute of Personnel Management; Member, International Academy of Business & Financial Management; and Fellow CIPMN (FCIPM).