Peter Odedina MBA, FCCA, CPA, CGA, CIPP/E, GRCP
Group Chief Compliance Officer at Airtel Africa- Claim this Profile
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Aaron Packeys, EMBA, ACMA, CGMA, CA
A man of excellence. As a young kid on the block back then, I was inspired by Peter's depth of understanding of the telecom business, his style of communication, using numbers from revenue assurance to generate insights for business decisions. I remember how under his leadership, RA discovered and blocked revenue leakage of $500k worth of outgoing international calls routed through Airtel's platform as local calls. Synonymous with all great leaders, all those who worked under Peter have moved on to higher positions of responsibility within and outside of the telecom industry. I won't hesitate to work under him or recommend him for any position in the C-suite.
Avinash Bannerjee
Peter is an awesome co-worker.. very meticulous in his approach and always open to new ideas. He's got a very through understanding of the systems and processes which helps quickly overcome any major issues..
Aaron Packeys, EMBA, ACMA, CGMA, CA
A man of excellence. As a young kid on the block back then, I was inspired by Peter's depth of understanding of the telecom business, his style of communication, using numbers from revenue assurance to generate insights for business decisions. I remember how under his leadership, RA discovered and blocked revenue leakage of $500k worth of outgoing international calls routed through Airtel's platform as local calls. Synonymous with all great leaders, all those who worked under Peter have moved on to higher positions of responsibility within and outside of the telecom industry. I won't hesitate to work under him or recommend him for any position in the C-suite.
Avinash Bannerjee
Peter is an awesome co-worker.. very meticulous in his approach and always open to new ideas. He's got a very through understanding of the systems and processes which helps quickly overcome any major issues..
Aaron Packeys, EMBA, ACMA, CGMA, CA
A man of excellence. As a young kid on the block back then, I was inspired by Peter's depth of understanding of the telecom business, his style of communication, using numbers from revenue assurance to generate insights for business decisions. I remember how under his leadership, RA discovered and blocked revenue leakage of $500k worth of outgoing international calls routed through Airtel's platform as local calls. Synonymous with all great leaders, all those who worked under Peter have moved on to higher positions of responsibility within and outside of the telecom industry. I won't hesitate to work under him or recommend him for any position in the C-suite.
Avinash Bannerjee
Peter is an awesome co-worker.. very meticulous in his approach and always open to new ideas. He's got a very through understanding of the systems and processes which helps quickly overcome any major issues..
Aaron Packeys, EMBA, ACMA, CGMA, CA
A man of excellence. As a young kid on the block back then, I was inspired by Peter's depth of understanding of the telecom business, his style of communication, using numbers from revenue assurance to generate insights for business decisions. I remember how under his leadership, RA discovered and blocked revenue leakage of $500k worth of outgoing international calls routed through Airtel's platform as local calls. Synonymous with all great leaders, all those who worked under Peter have moved on to higher positions of responsibility within and outside of the telecom industry. I won't hesitate to work under him or recommend him for any position in the C-suite.
Avinash Bannerjee
Peter is an awesome co-worker.. very meticulous in his approach and always open to new ideas. He's got a very through understanding of the systems and processes which helps quickly overcome any major issues..
Credentials
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Certified Information Privacy Professional - Europe (CIPP/E)
IAPP - International Association of Privacy ProfessionalsSep, 2022- Sep, 2024 -
Certified GRC Professional (GRCP)
OCEG (Open Compliance & Ethics Group)May, 2019- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Airtel Africa
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Kenya
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Telecommunications
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400 - 500 Employee
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Group Chief Compliance Officer
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Dec 2018 - Present
Chief compliance officer for the Airtel Africa plc group with overall responsibility for Governance & compliance, Enterprise Risk Management and Ethics & conduct across the group. Airtel Africa plc is a premium listed, FTSE 100 company with operating subsidiaries in 14 countries across Africa and overall presence in 18 countries including the UK, Netherlands, UAE, and India.
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Governance, Risk & Compliance Project lead, Airtel Africa IPO
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Aug 2018 - Jul 2019
Project lead for the Governance, Risk, and Compliance deliveries of the Airtel Africa IPO project. The project team was responsible for the listing of the Airtel Africa group to the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange. Key responsibilities included the completion of all the Financial Position and Prospects (FPP) procedures, design and implementation of a Group-wide Enterprise Risk management framework, creation of relevant compliance and corporate governance policies to ensure compliance to listing rules, corporate governance code, Market Abuse regulations, Companies Act etc. Led the creation and delivery of compliance and corporate governance trainings to senior executives across the Group and affiliated companies. Show less
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Bharti Airtel International (Netherland) B.V.
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United Arab Emirates
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Telecommunications
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100 - 200 Employee
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Head, Projects, Enterprise Business & Wholesale Billing Assurance
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Jul 2015 - Nov 2018
- Implemented a Revenue Assurance system in 12 Airtel Africa operations with a record of implementing 10 countries in 10 months - Pioneer Head of the Enterprise Business Assurance unit within the Group Revenue Assurance function. Designed and implemented controls around Fixed data Business (E1/MPLS/IPLC/P2P), Fixed Voice (PABX), Bulk SMS, Whole Carrier Business. - Responsible for Risk assessment for new technology rollout and Revenue Assurance & Fraud mgt system readiness. Key projects managed includes 4G/LTE, LTE Roaming, New Billing system migration, New Charging system implementation etc. - Developed a technology stack methodology for managing the Revenue Assurance and Fraud mgt. tools across all Operations which has significantly reduced the cost of making new additions and upgrades to existing tools Show less
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Head, Revenue & Market Planning, Business Intelligence, Geo-Marketing and Research
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Jun 2014 - Jun 2015
• Successfully managed the largest department in Marketing Comprising Revenue & Market Planning, Geo-Marketing, Research and Business Intelligence with 75% of the annual promoted staff based upon Performance appraisal coming from my team• Led in the development of a 9-month Revenue Bridge plan which was approved by the Airtel Africa group and circulated for adoption by other Airtel Africa Operations • Project managed and successfully launched Airtel Ghana’s 2014 end of year 2014 Christmas promotion which was the first mass market campaign built around an interactive voice store resulting in increased unique subscriber penetration on the platform by over 400%• Developed a regional market intervention plan through the launch of a location specific product which improved the company’s revenue performance in low performing zones in the country • Commercial Lead for the formulation of the 2015/16 Annual Operating plan (AOP) and the 3-year Strategic Plan Show less
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Head, Revenue Assurance & fraud management
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May 2012 - May 2014
• Performed a business analysis which led to further modification to the Airtel Group’s flagship product “One network” for Airtel Ghana with resulting bottom line impact of about $4.5m • Led the Ghana Revenue Assurance function to a satisfactory internal audit score as assessed by a Big 4 audit firm, becoming the 1st operation in the group to achieve such a high compliance rating• Managed the migration of routine processes to a shared services model based in India and instituted an engagement model ensuring seamless operations despite a five-hour time zone difference Show less
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Manager, Revenue Assurance & Fraud mgt
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Jun 2011 - May 2012
• Introduced a robust system of controls which resulted in the reduction in fraudulent (grey) international traffic by over 80% with attendant increases in International Business Revenues of about $4m• Developed a Fair usage policy for the Airtel group’s flagship product “One Network” which was adopted across the 17 operations in the group with a $2.3m benefit for the Airtel Ghana operation • Developed a process for computing Revenues from two independent data sets which was approved by Executive management and resulted in additional annual revenue recognition of about $1.6m Show less
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Revenue Assurance & Fraud Analyst
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Jun 2010 - Jun 2011
• Investigated and resolved a year’s backlog of outstanding Interconnect settlement and disputes with local and international interconnect partners resulting in actual cash savings of $1.1m to the business• Business lead for the implementation of the Interconnect billing system as well as developed the approved business rules for interconnect billing• Mobile number portability (MNP) process subgroup member responsible for developing MNP business rules for all operators in Ghana as part of a cross-functional team set-up by the regulator• Reviewed billing process for Enterprise PABX product line resulting in savings of $0.11m• Performed Least cost routing analysis for international destinations resulting in savings of $0.86m Show less
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Revenue Assurance & Fraud Analyst
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Jan 2010 - Jun 2010
This role involves providing end to end assurance for all revenue streams and investigating fraudulent activities. This role involves providing end to end assurance for all revenue streams and investigating fraudulent activities.
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MTN Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Fraud analyst
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Dec 2009 - Jan 2010
Reviewing alarms on the fraud management system Investigating suspicious transactions relating to the integrity of the voucher mgt system Reviewing alarms on the fraud management system Investigating suspicious transactions relating to the integrity of the voucher mgt system
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Revenue Assurance Specialist
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Jun 2007 - Dec 2009
• Identified and investigated a leakage in the newly launched data revenue service with an estimated monthly loss of $5m per month which was resolved through a cross functional team • Led a cross functional project team investigating identified revenue leakages caused by system software bugs resulting in a $2m compensation by the technical vendor • Developed a Strategy document for International roaming service and approved by Executive management team as the blueprint to increase roaming revenues from 5% to 10% of total revenues Show less
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International roaming Coordinator
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Dec 2006 - May 2007
• Developed a Concept/Strategy Document for International Roaming Services for Celtel Nigeria which was approved by Executive management as a blueprint for Roaming services • Project team member for the Implementation of Prepaid roaming via CAMEL 2 & 3, GRX backbone implementation and launch of GPRS Roaming • Developed a Concept/Strategy Document for International Roaming Services for Celtel Nigeria which was approved by Executive management as a blueprint for Roaming services • Project team member for the Implementation of Prepaid roaming via CAMEL 2 & 3, GRX backbone implementation and launch of GPRS Roaming
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Education
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2020 - 2021
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Postgraduate Diploma, Business Administration – Business Studies -
2017 - 2017
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)
CPA, CGA, Accounting and Finance -
2014 - 2015
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing & Innovation -
2007 - 2010
University of Lagos
B.Sc Hons (First class), Accounting -
2003 - 2006
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK (ACCA)
Fellow, Accounting and Finance -
2003 - 2006
Oxford Brookes University
B.Sc Hons (First class), Applied Accounting -
2001 - 2005
Institute of Chartered accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
Associate member, Accounting
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