Simo Mkhize re-joins Cell C as chief commercial officer

Simo Mkhize newly appointed chief commercial officer at Cell C

Mkhize has been in the telecoms industry for 23 years, 5 of which have been at Cell. His career encompasses extensive technical and commercial experience in organisations across South Africa, Europe and the rest of Africa.

He re-joins Cell C from MTN SA, having spent the last 13 years in various commercial executive roles in sales and distribution, consumer marketing and enterprise business in all but one of South Africa’s major network operators as well as multinational OEMs.

He holds an MBA from Milpark Business School, a post-graduate diploma in Telecoms from BPI College, Austria and a B.Sc (Electrical Engineering) degree from Wits. Mkhize has lectured at Milpark Business School and guest lectured executive education and MBA students at the Gordon Institute of Business Science.

Douglas Craigie-Stevenson, CEO at Cell C says, ”I believe the commercial team will play a critical role in delivering on our customer-first approach and driving future growth, and I look forward to Simo contributing to the management team and our ambitions going forward. Simo’s appointment will further complement the new capable and experienced leadership team that is being assembled in Cell C.”