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Airtel Kenya has appointed Mr Ashish Malhotra as the new Managing Director, taking the place of Prasanta Das Sarma.

Prasanta Das Sarma has held the position since January 2017 and is moving to a new role as the Fiber Company CEO for Airtel Africa.

Mr Ashish Malhotra was previously the Group Head of Sales and Marketing at Airtel Africa, leading the function in 14 countries where Airtel is operational.

Airtel Kenya’s new chairman

On the same note, the telco has appointed Mr Louis Onyango Otieno as the new Airtel Kenya chairman.

Mr Otieno has over 30 years of experience in ICT across private and public sectors and he serves in a number of boards.

Mr Otieno serves as Chairman of Absa Asset Management Limited. He is also an independent non-executive director at Absa Bank Kenya Plc and Nation Media Group Plc.

He began his career at EEC Financial Services in New York, rising to the position of Assistant Vice President. He later joined Microsoft Corporation in 1997, leading the business in Africa in different capacities for 21 years.