Bharti Airtel, the country's largest telco by revenue and customers, is planning its most significant restructuring by combining its Indian and African operations into a single business entity under a global CEO.
Manoj Kohli, the joint MD of Bharti and CEO of its African operations, could be the frontrunner to head the combined telecom business of the company across both continents in the new organisational structure that is likely to be in place by the first half of next year. Kohli has been the CEO of Bharti Airtel, and was sent to head the African business after the company acquired Zain's operations in that region in 2010.
The company is learnt to be looking at the option of elevating Gopal Vittal, who joined Bharti from HindustanUnilever for the second time earlier this year as director (special projects), to a prominent role. People familiar with the mobile phone company's line of thinking say Vittal could head either its Indian or African operations, with Sanjay Kapoor, the current CEO of India and South Asia, heading the other territory. Vittal is currently spending a year in the Singapore and Australia operations of Sing-Tel, Bharti's largest shareholder.
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Manoj Kohli, the joint MD of Bharti and CEO of its African operations, could be the frontrunner to head the combined telecom business of the company across both continents in the new organisational structure that is likely to be in place by the first half of next year. Kohli has been the CEO of Bharti Airtel, and was sent to head the African business after the company acquired Zain's operations in that region in 2010.
The company is learnt to be looking at the option of elevating Gopal Vittal, who joined Bharti from HindustanUnilever for the second time earlier this year as director (special projects), to a prominent role. People familiar with the mobile phone company's line of thinking say Vittal could head either its Indian or African operations, with Sanjay Kapoor, the current CEO of India and South Asia, heading the other territory. Vittal is currently spending a year in the Singapore and Australia operations of Sing-Tel, Bharti's largest shareholder.
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