Yesterday the United Nations Secretary-General António
Guterres announced the appointment of Fayaz King of Zimbabwe as Assistant
Secretary-General to serve as the Deputy Executive Director, Field Results and
Innovation for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Mr Fayaz King will succeed Shanelle Hall of the United
States, to whom the Secretary-General and UNICEF are grateful for her dedicated
service.
Mr. King recently served as the Chief Operating Officer at
Econet Wireless where he was influential in digitally transforming the
Telecommunications Company.
He served on the Boards of Liquid Telecom Zimbabwe, Econet
Burundi and Econet Lesotho, bringing to the position over 30 years of
experience in innovation, business development, organizational & digital
transformation.
Before assuming this position at Econet, King worked in
several key roles in African telecoms. These included an advisory role at
Bharti Airtel International, Managing Director of Airtel Zambia, Managing
Director of Zain Malawi, the Marketing Director of Celtel Uganda as well as
general management roles at Celtel Nigeria. He’s a graduate from the University
of Zimbabwe.
