Alfa Belgore appointed as the Chairman of Airtel Nigeria

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel Friday appointed Alfa Belgore as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Airtel Nigeria.

Alfa's "wealth of experience will add immense value to the Board and provide strategic guidance to our Nigeria operations," Christian de Faria, CEO - Airtel Africa, said in a statement.

Alfa Belgore is a former Chief Justice of the Republic of Nigeria. He served from 1986 as a key member in the Technical Committee on Law, Justice and Development in Africa and also sat at the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and National Archives, the company said.