Divyajeet Mahajan
Chief Operating Officer - Econet InfraCo @ Econet Wireless Zimbabwe
About
I am a management Executive with B.Tech/MBA Degree, Dynamic & multi-skilled techno-commercial professional with 25+ years in different regions across Sub-Sahara Africa (15+ years) and Asia (India - 10years) having done management courses from premier Indian Management institutes - IIM Calcutta and IIM – Indore, having hands-on experience in Renewable Energy, TowerCos, Network Opex and Transmission Network; Enterprising & Trustworthy CEO who has effectively contributed to enhancing organizational processes through initiatives geared towards lowering risk, heightening productivity & improving internal controls, with analytical bent of mind and proven track record of stamping success in uncertainties & challenges across Renewable energy, TowerCo operations, Transmission Networks, Management expertise. Key Competencies: #Leadership #Business development #Renewable energy #Telecom TowerCo #Team management #Budget operations #Vendor Management #Operational Efficiencies
Zimbabwe
Harare
Renewables & Environment
Solar Energy, Renewable Energy Systems, Business Strategy, Planning, Team Management, Channel Management, Service Delivery, Network Opex Efficiency, OPEX, Project Planning, Efficiency, Telecommunications, Transmission, Networking, VAS, Channel Partners, GSM, Strategic Planning, Product Management, Broadband
Experience

CEO, Distributed Power Africa - Zimbabwe (part of Cassava Technologies)
Harare
• Managing Renewable Energy business for Distributed Corporate & Industrial customers, Mini-Grids, Mines and executive residential customers, responsible for P&L • Managing Passive Infrastructure Towers Business (TowerCo) for Econet Wireless Private Limited in Zimbabwe (USD 25Mn Opex spent) • Business Strategy, business plan for inception of PV Energy and Passive Infrastructure Unit • Driving Business Model and Opportunities including targets and defining organizational structure • Managing direct/indirect team of 185 employees in DPA-Zimbabwe • Negotiating MSAs/MLAs with MNOs and other site-sharing Customers and PPAs/PLAs with C&I Clients • Planning Capex and Opex Budget to develop Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for a profitable growth • Defining Service Level agreements, costing, Reward & Penalty Matrix for MNOs and blue-chip customers • Developing innovative pricing, volume discounts and go to market strategies for revenue enhancement • Providing direction and advice to the direct team members in performing their delegated responsibilities • Driving Cost Optimization strategies to improve bottom-line

General Manager - Airtel Africa Group
Nairobi
• Optimizing, Monitoring & Controlling Annual Network Opex of $850mn+ for 17 diverse African countries • Target to reduce current Network Running cost by $83mn under special project War on Waste (WoW) • Contract Management post Towers’ sale to ATC, IHS, Eaton and Helios • Bandwidth rate negotiations and efficiency improvement both for leased-lines, Fibre and VSAT links • Driving Energy Efficiency and cost reduction initiatives to reduce monthly opex per site • Planning Capex and Opex Budget to develop Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for a profitable growth Key Results • $81Mn Network Opex opportunities and $63Mn savings for FY15-16 identified for all 17 OpCos Airtel Africa Operations

Business Head - Airtel Tanzania TowerCo Director
Dar es Salaam
• Leading Business Operations to increase tower tenancy and to ensure achievement of EBITDA/PAT as per targets • Driving functioning of all verticals – Sales, Network Operation and Deployment, Supply Chain, Legal, HR, Finance, Quality and ensuring smooth coordination of work across all the verticals • Negotiation and closure of long-term Master Service Agreements for tower leasing with major Telecom operators • Customer Relationship Management with top management of key colocation clients viz. Vodacom, Tigo, Zantel, TTCL, Smile and BOL for all escalated site sharing operational issues • Driving Operational efficiencies to increase service levels and ensure maximum passive uptime • Reviewing business KPIs to achieve quarterly targets for new site construction, site rollout & site up-gradation • Planning and deploying new sites and enhancing existing Passive Infrastructure to accommodate new tenants Key Results • Supported the Operationalization of Tanzania Towers Ltd. under Airtel Tanzania in 4 months • Led the sales efforts in the country leading to an enhancement in the tenancy ratio of Airtel Towers by 30% and tenancy revenue by 300% within a period of one year • Achieved more than 99.9% Passive Network Uptime on an average over the one-year period • Reduced Network Fuel consumption by 10% by improving Operational efficiency • Awarded Best Operational Country among 17 Airtel Africa Countries for achieving 155% AOP ‘13-14 • Rated Exceptional Performer in Annual Appraisal Rating (A1) for 2013-14 in June ‘14 • Rewarded as Best Operational Country (OpCo) for achieving 135% of quarterly tenancy targets in Jul’14

Deputy GM - Airtel Africa Network Group
Head Office, Nairobi
• Forming Network Opex AOP in coordination with all 17 OpCos & Monitoring monthly performance • Capex Management & Execution of the best in Industry initiatives to optimize Energy (Grid, Solar, Hybrid Batteries), Leased line, Rent and other Network Opex items • Preparation of detailed Business plans, ROI and payback analysis to evaluate technology/asset investment options • Making business plans & Supporting Commercial teams for different product evaluation and cost analysis • Developing strategies & formats for forecasting of passive asset replacement capex for OpCos • Monthly reviewing Network Opex of all 17 OpCos & devising best strategies for reducing Opex Key Results • Developed business case& deployed >1,200 Solar sites solutions worth $60mn Capex reducing 65% fuel • Reduced monthly Network Opex per Site Yr on Yr by 20% by increasing grid & hybrid BB penetration • Rated Exceptional Performer in Annual Appraisal Rating (A1) for 2012-13 in June ‘13 • Quarterly Performance Award from Airtel Africa CEO, for consistent reduction in energy Opex in June ’12 • Quarterly Performance Award from Airtel Africa CEO for reducing Network Opex by 10% in Aug’11 • Acted as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for Airtel Sierra Leone for 1 month in March 2012

Sr Manager, Network - Quality & Governance
Delhi (North Hub)
• Transition Manager for Managed Services – Network from Airtel to Alcatel Lucent for PAN India • Governing and devising strategies for improving Regulatory and Network performance KPIs • Managing Installation & Fault Repair for Fixed Access Network and IPTV across 5 states of North India • CAPEX and OPEX annual budgeting and monthly monitoring for Optimum financials • Driving the Action Plans for CSMM (CRA/CTI parameters) for Browsing & Connectivity, Installation, Fault Repair and Connectivity parameters to improve the Customer Transactional and Behavioural Experience • Setting Quality Norms, processes and procedures for Projects, Installation & Fault Repair (I&FR) QoS • Managing Installation vendors having manpower of more than 2,500 across North India Key Results • Rated Exceptional Performer in Annual Appraisal Rating (A1) for 2008-09 and 2007-08 • Performance Award for achieving 1st position Inter-hub I & FR scorecard measurement in Oct’09 • Team Performance Award for smooth transition of Network Manpower from Airtel to ALU in Dec’09 • Consistently maintaining Fault Rate of 3.5% for 1.2 Mn Voice & 5% for 500k Broadband customers • Best Knowledge Management and Award from Airtel CEO for best Capex Savings Initiative in Sept ’08 • Performance of the Quarter Award from Airtel President for Opex Savings Initiative in July ’07 • Rolled-out WFMS for better field management and Hawk-eye an IBM Inventory & Billing system • Selected, Developed and Commissioned 22 DLC sites in Jalandhar & Phagwara • Rolled out 22K TAGS with an FTR of 97%, Fault Rate below 4% for both Voice and DSL
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