About Us - Management
Helios Towers Nigeria has assembled a team with an impressive range of relevant experience to ensure that HTN is, and remains, a formidable, customer-centric organization. Our Executive Management Team is world-class, and comprises market leading Nigerian operational expertise, African telecom network roll-out capabilities and Global tower management. This group of talented individuals possesses over a century of experience in wireless data and telecoms.
FEMI TEJUOSO
Chief Excecutive Officer
LANRE TUNJI-SANUSI
Chief Financial Officer
Lanre Tunji-Sanusi has over sixteen years’ experience in management consulting, corporate finance, investment banking and financial control. While at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), she was involved in predominantly business process re-engineering projects and also handled private equity financing, capital market transactions, mergers & acquisitions and fund management at Denham Management Limited. She was the team lead on the restructuring and merger of two conglomerates on the Nigeria Stock Exchange and the establishment of a billion Naira Global Investment Fund. In recent years, she focused on financial control and strategy and been closely involved in the development and execution of business strategy in multi-billion Naira corporations. Key responsibilities include (i) setting up of accounting systems, policies and structures (ii) financial analysis and reporting, (iii) equity and debt financing (iv) negotiating with financial institutions (v) fiscal & tax management (vi) treasury management and (vii) planning, budgeting and forecasting. She has held senior finance positions as Senior Vice President Transnational Corporation, Finance Director Food Concepts & Entertainment Limited and immediately prior to joining Helios Towers Nigeria, she was the Finance Director of Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals (Nigeria & East Africa Region), During her tenure at Pfizer, she also acted as Managing Director and Human Resources Director. She graduated with a 2.1 in BSc Accounting from University of Lagos, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, a 1st prize winner (of all stages) of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and holds an MBA from Imperial College, University of London (specializing in new ventures).
COLLINS ONUMAJURU
Chief Legal Officer
As head of the Legal Department, Mr. Onumajuru is responsible for site acquisition, permits and approvals, community relations, company security and all forms of legal compliance. Before joining Helios Towers Nigeria (HTN) in January 2006, he had previously been Company Secretary in several blue chip companies, Principal Partner in Collins Onumajuru & Co. (Legal Practitioners) and Managing Director of Pacol Properties Ltd. (Real Estate Firm). Mr. Onumajuru holds Bachelors' and Masters' Degrees in Law from the University of Lagos, majoring in Conveyance and Secured Credit Transactions. He is a member of Nigeria and International Bar Associations. He has written many pages in Nigeria Property Law.
SHAHID ABBASI
Chief Technical Officer
Shahid Abbasi is a technology executive with over 20 years of operational experience in the competitive telecom, cable & energy industries, encompassing various roles such as program management, strategy & planning, product development, network planning & roll-out, and IT development. As Chief Technical Officer at Helios, Shahid is managing Helios' Tower Operations Center (TOC) and a geographically dispersed field support organization, guaranteeing a 99.9% site up-time SLA across HTN’ infrastructure. Additionally, as a member of Helios’ Technical & Procurement Committees, Shahid ensures that Helios’ internal business information technologies and operational investments are aligned with company's strategic objectives. Most recently, Shahid was working at Pakcom, a mobile operator in Pakistan as Vice President, Technology & Product Development, where he was responsible for 3G launch strategy & planning, product development, and network & customer operations. Prior to joining Pakcom, Shahid held senior & executive management positions with various Fortune 100 as well as start-up Telecom & information technology companies such as Hercules Aerospace, Sprint, Time Warner Telecom, Oracle, ICG Communications, etc. Shahid holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA in Operations Management & Strategy Planning from University of Missouri, Kansas City
THOMAS SULE
Chief Strategy Officer
Thomas assumed the role of Chief Strategy Officer at HTN in November, 2008. He will be focusing on strengthening HTN's position as a leader in the industry and providing direction and leadership toward the achievement of the organizations, mission, strategy, and its annual goals and objectives. Thomas Joins HTN from BP Energy Canada where he served in various leadership roles, leading strategy and governance for a $20M plus budget. Prior to BP Energy, Thomas was Manager, Technical Services at Activplant Corporation, where he served as a member of the senior leadership team implementing go to market strategies and developing professional services operations. Thomas has worked with many large technology organizations on co-development and consulting engagements and brings a background of business process, best practices and systems re-engineering initiatives to HTN. Mr. Sule is a graduate of university of Waterloo, Canada with a Masters degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with a Professional Engineer designation (P.Eng) in Canada.
FEMI TEJUOSOChief Excecutive Officer
Femi, a Nigerian national, is the HTN CEO and a Partner within Helios’ Portfolio Operations Group with responsibility for overall portfolio company oversight and assistance with the operating aspects of investment due diligence. He has extensive experience building and managing businesses in Nigeria, most recently as Executive Director of Teju Group of Companies, a leading diversified industrial group with operations in manufacturing, health services, petroleum marketing, real estate and industrial raw materials trading. Prior to that, Femi held positions at Bayer (UK) and Avis Petroleum (Nigeria). He serves on the Board of Directors of Helios Towers Nigeria Limited. He is Chairman of the Foam Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Vice Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee and member of the National Council of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and a member of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Femi also holds memberships in the Nigerian Society of Engineers and the Nigerian Institute of Management. He completed his primary and secondary education in Nigeria and holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Lagos and a Masters in Business Administration from University of Nottingham
LANRE TUNJI-SANUSIChief Financial Officer
Lanre Tunji-Sanusi has over sixteen years’ experience in management consulting, corporate finance, investment banking and financial control. While at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), she was involved in predominantly business process re-engineering projects and also handled private equity financing, capital market transactions, mergers & acquisitions and fund management at Denham Management Limited. She was the team lead on the restructuring and merger of two conglomerates on the Nigeria Stock Exchange and the establishment of a billion Naira Global Investment Fund. In recent years, she focused on financial control and strategy and been closely involved in the development and execution of business strategy in multi-billion Naira corporations. Key responsibilities include (i) setting up of accounting systems, policies and structures (ii) financial analysis and reporting, (iii) equity and debt financing (iv) negotiating with financial institutions (v) fiscal & tax management (vi) treasury management and (vii) planning, budgeting and forecasting. She has held senior finance positions as Senior Vice President Transnational Corporation, Finance Director Food Concepts & Entertainment Limited and immediately prior to joining Helios Towers Nigeria, she was the Finance Director of Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals (Nigeria & East Africa Region), During her tenure at Pfizer, she also acted as Managing Director and Human Resources Director. She graduated with a 2.1 in BSc Accounting from University of Lagos, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, a 1st prize winner (of all stages) of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and holds an MBA from Imperial College, University of London (specializing in new ventures).
COLLINS ONUMAJURUChief Legal Officer
As head of the Legal Department, Mr. Onumajuru is responsible for site acquisition, permits and approvals, community relations, company security and all forms of legal compliance. Before joining Helios Towers Nigeria (HTN) in January 2006, he had previously been Company Secretary in several blue chip companies, Principal Partner in Collins Onumajuru & Co. (Legal Practitioners) and Managing Director of Pacol Properties Ltd. (Real Estate Firm). Mr. Onumajuru holds Bachelors' and Masters' Degrees in Law from the University of Lagos, majoring in Conveyance and Secured Credit Transactions. He is a member of Nigeria and International Bar Associations. He has written many pages in Nigeria Property Law.
SHAHID ABBASIChief Technical Officer
Shahid Abbasi is a technology executive with over 20 years of operational experience in the competitive telecom, cable & energy industries, encompassing various roles such as program management, strategy & planning, product development, network planning & roll-out, and IT development. As Chief Technical Officer at Helios, Shahid is managing Helios' Tower Operations Center (TOC) and a geographically dispersed field support organization, guaranteeing a 99.9% site up-time SLA across HTN’ infrastructure. Additionally, as a member of Helios’ Technical & Procurement Committees, Shahid ensures that Helios’ internal business information technologies and operational investments are aligned with company's strategic objectives. Most recently, Shahid was working at Pakcom, a mobile operator in Pakistan as Vice President, Technology & Product Development, where he was responsible for 3G launch strategy & planning, product development, and network & customer operations. Prior to joining Pakcom, Shahid held senior & executive management positions with various Fortune 100 as well as start-up Telecom & information technology companies such as Hercules Aerospace, Sprint, Time Warner Telecom, Oracle, ICG Communications, etc. Shahid holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA in Operations Management & Strategy Planning from University of Missouri, Kansas City
AZUKA NDULEWE
Chief Marketing Officer
Azuka Ndulewe is responsible for all Sales and Marketing activities, including product development and brand management. He has over 18 years experience holding key operational roles in well known companies. He held the position of Head, Product Marketing and later Ag Chief Marketing Officer at MTS First Wireless; the pioneer private wireless telecommunication operator in Nigeria. While at MTS he played pivotal roles in the network/technology change from Etacs to CDMA 2001x platform, as key member of the launch team leading the product development group. He was also responsible for driving the infrastructure sharing initiative amongst telecom operators from MTS end. After his exit from MTS, he took up a consultancy role at Ghana telecom as Product Management Consultant while the operator was under the management of TMP. He later joined Madonna Chambers, a firm of Capital Market and Real Estate Solicitors as Partner. He joined Helios Towers in 2006 where he has operated in various roles and is now the Chief Marketing Officer. He holds Degrees in Information Science from Imo State University and Law from University of Lagos and he has attended various management courses and workshops, including the Informa Telecom (UK) mini MBA. Ndulewe is a fellow of Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (UK) and holds membership of Nigeria Bar Association, National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (Chartered) and Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered). He has participated and presented papers in several International and Local seminars and conferences covering divers areas of telecom business.
THOMAS SULEChief Strategy Officer
Thomas assumed the role of Chief Strategy Officer at HTN in November, 2008. He will be focusing on strengthening HTN's position as a leader in the industry and providing direction and leadership toward the achievement of the organizations, mission, strategy, and its annual goals and objectives. Thomas Joins HTN from BP Energy Canada where he served in various leadership roles, leading strategy and governance for a $20M plus budget. Prior to BP Energy, Thomas was Manager, Technical Services at Activplant Corporation, where he served as a member of the senior leadership team implementing go to market strategies and developing professional services operations. Thomas has worked with many large technology organizations on co-development and consulting engagements and brings a background of business process, best practices and systems re-engineering initiatives to HTN. Mr. Sule is a graduate of university of Waterloo, Canada with a Masters degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with a Professional Engineer designation (P.Eng) in Canada.