Mr. Nikos Angelopoulos is the Group Chief Information Officer of MTN Group. MTN operates in the Middle East and Africa serving 257 million customers across 21 operations with traditional telecommunications services, as well as a full range of digital services including the leading Fintech offering (MoMo with more than 35 million customers) and digital services (e.g., instant messaging with the Ayoba app, Media with the MusicTime app, mobile advertising and many others).
In his role, Mr. Angelopoulos is responsible for IT architecture, design, and delivery across the MTN Group, driving the transformation initiatives and managing innovation and customer experience developments.
Mr. Angelopoulos has 27 years of professional experience working for management consulting and telecommunications service providers. He started his career with Accenture in the UK, where he spent 15 years helping clients in different industries start their digital journeys.
His first engagements were in the financial services industry, working in the digital transformation of the London Stock Exchange. He later moved to telecommunications, working with cable operators and telcos in Europe, Asia, and the United States, focusing on launching digital television platforms and services.
After Accenture, he joined Vodafone where he held various senior management positions including CIO for Vodafone Italy and South Europe region. He joined MTN in 2018 from UAE’s EITC (du), where he was the EVP for IT & Product Engineering.