Modupe Gbadeyanka
By Modupe Gbadeyanka
Mr Phillips Oki has been announced as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of 9mobile, Nigeria’s fourth largest telecoms firm.
Mr Oki is an economist and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (FCA), and also a project manager, who has delivered projects across multi-disciplinary organisations like Adam Smith International, United Kingdom, among others.
A statement issued by the company on Monday in Lagos said the new CFO emerged as the best person for the position after a meticulous search process.
According to the Acting Managing Director of 9mobile, Stephanie Beuvelet, the new appointee has since resumed duty and the management expressed optimism that his experience will count in providing strategic financial leadership for the organisation.
“The new Chief Financial Officer brings to 9mobile over two decades of cognate work experience in functional areas across financial accounting and management, audit, business and project management, financial reporting, and budgeting.
“With robust experience cutting across private and public sectors, including the academia, Oki possesses a rare blend of invaluable insights and working knowledge in the vast field of finance.
“Prior to joining 9mobile, Oki’s career progressed steadily over time across organisations where he played strategic roles resolving challenges innovatively and creating commendable solutions,” Beuvelet said.
The CEO added that, “We are excited to have Oki with us. Finance is a huge part of any business, especially one like ours in a competitive telco space where it continues to be imperative to have operational costs within healthy bounds.
“We are confident that Oki will leverage his wealth of experience to inspire the finance team to deliver on their mandate.”
