MTN Uganda bids farewell to Gouldie

Jul 05, 2016

Gouldie has been with the company since 1994

Thursday June 30th was a day like others but to MTN Uganda staff it was unusual. It was the day of officially bidding farewell to Brian Gouldie, its chief executive officer.

At a send away dinner that was hosted at the Kampala Serena Hotel, Charles Mbire, MTN Uganda board chairman said; "If numbers don't lie, as a shareholder, I would like to say thank you," attracting huge applause from the congregation.

Gouldie who has been at the helm of the biggest telecom company in Uganda for two years said he grown a big fan of the Pearl of Africa because its beautiful people.

He also paid tribute to his top management with whom they have been steering the company and credited them for being insightful and supportive during the most challenging times.

Gouldie who will officially leave at the end of July, emphasized the first time he met the media in his capacity as the MTN Uganda CEO as the most difficult time throughout his two-year stay in Uganda.

"The most difficult time I faced as the face of MTN in Uganda was the first time I met the media in 2014 when we had a billing problem. MTN was billing twice or thrice and everyone wanted to hear how I was going to fix that but I was advised to tell people the truth and how you are going to fix it," he admitted.

Mbiire, however, justified Gouldie's departure saying that MTN Group has a policy of revolving talent to different destinations where they think it is needed to strengthen and make the company better but was thankful for what Gouldie had achieved for the company.

 

 

Gouldie also noted that he is one of the founder members of MTN Group because he has been with the company for more than 20 years since 1994.

"I have worked in different departments like marketing, finance, logistics, and others. I don't know what I will do tomorrow but I know it will be interesting. In the group, I have got so many challenges like changes in technology but am proud to be part of the team that through different strategies, devises means to counter those challenges," he also stated.

He also said from Uganda that "talk is cheap but action is more important" adding that if you are to do anything, it is better if you deliver first before saying what you ought to have said because it becomes an easy message to communicate

"As staff of MTN Uganda, we are honoured to have worked with Brian as our CEO under his guidance," Michael Sekadde, MTN Uganda's General Manager for Human Resources stated.

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