Job Title: CHRO
Company: MTN
Paul Norman was appointed Group CHRO for the MTN Group in 2017. Prior to this he was the Group Chief Human Resources and Corporate Affairs Officer at MTN. Paul has been with the company for more than 20 years. He is a qualified psychologist and an MBA graduate with vast corporate experience spanning more two decades. In a recent interview with CHRO, he said he remained at MTN for much longer than he had originally anticipated because his work has always evolved, challenging him to reinvent his approach to what he does. Even though his title is still similar to what it was all those years ago, his job has changed quite dramatically because of technological developments and the company’s substantial growth in that period
Work
2017 - Present Group CHRO, MTN Group
1997 - 2017 Group Chief Human Resources and Corporate Affairs Officer, MTN Group
Education
2013 - 2013 EMBA, Business Administration and Management, General, IMD Business School
1983 -1989 MA, Psychology, Rhodes University
About MTN: MTN Group Limited entered the telecommunications scene at the dawn of South Africa’s democracy, in 1994. The company began its expansion by acquiring licences in Rwanda, Uganda and Swaziland in 1998 and, since then, it has grown into a world-class telecommunications company operating in markets across Africa and the Middle East. It now has a presence in 24 countries, connecting over 231 million people and offers an integrated suite of communications products and services, including traditional mobile voice and data, digital and mobile financial services as well as enterprise services.