MTN announces appointment of Hermann Tischendorf as CTIO

MTN Group announced the appointment of Hermann Tischendorf as Chief Technology & Information Officer for Digital and Fintech.
Hermann joins MTN from 4Finance Group, where he was Chief Technology Officer. He has 30 years of experience in the financial services sector. He has experience in digital product development, operations management, IT budget allocation, as well as mergers and acquisitions.

At MTN, Hermann will bring transformation and disruption to mobile payment platform and improve customer engagement, experience, acquisition and loyalty. He will also be responsible for developing new products and services, building the nascent ecosystem and scaling up existing revenue streams.

Hermann holds a Master of Business Administration and a Diploma with Honours from Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Austria and studied Finance & Banking at the Anderson School of Management, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).