Segun Ogunsanya, managing director and chief executive officer, Airtel Nigeria, has been listed among eminent personalities and powerful influencers that will lead discourse at this year’s edition of the prestigious BusinessDay CEO Forum, a foremost platform for CEOs of large corporate entities, investors and decision makers.
Ogunsanya, who has been penciled down to offer key perspectives and insight on the Nigerian telecoms industry, will provide a snapshot of major trends that will dominate the industry in the next five years while charting a pathway to unlocking the potentials of the Nigerian telecoms industry.
The Airtel boss will headline a segment of the forum tagged, ‘CEOs in Conversation: Five years Ahead – Telecoms Industry’ while speaking to the overall theme of the conference, ‘Managing in Nigeria’s Post Election Economy.’
The event, which will hold on today, April 29 at Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, will attract other eminent international and local personalities including Paul Collier, renowned economist at the University of Oxford; Richard Ingleton, global CEO of TNS, and Christian Wessels, deputy managing director, TGI & Advisory, Bain & Company.
Other discussants at the event include Wale Tinubu, group CEO, Oando; Phillip Odozua, CEO, UBA; Peju Adebajo, CEO, Lafarge, among other industry leaders who will be sharing views on their respective industries. Also expected to grace the event are Babatunde Fashola, governor of Lagos State, Nasir El Rufai, governor-elect, Kaduna State, and CEOs of leading banks and other multinationals.

