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He replaces a member of the Telecel Zimbabwe board of directors Mr John Swaim who has been managing the company since December last year when the board was in the process of recruiting a substantive chief executive officer.
In a statement, the mobile operator said Mr Mawindi has more than 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry.
“This experience includes strategic planning, global business development and operations, project management, financial analysis and planning and supply chain management, including budgeting and forecasting.”
Mr Mawindi did his secondary education at St Ignatius College and attended the University of Zimbabwe between 1986 and 1990, was previously France Telecom Orange head of business operations for global services in the Americas based in New York.
At France Telecom Orange, he led development efforts, coordination and management of the business and strategic planning process for the Americas region.
He also worked for Verizon, a major United States telecommunications giant, where he supported regional business development for operations in North America, Latin America, Europe and Africa.
“Prior to joining Verizon, Mr Mawindi worked for Sprint, the third largest mobile operator in the United States, where he was part of the regional baseline strategic planning team for the development and implementation of a nationwide project for the provision of mobile broadband telecommunications services,” said Telecel.
He started his telecommunications career at the Posts and Telecommunications Corporation, now TelOne, and Brightpoint, an outsourcing company operating within the supply chain of the Zimbabwean telecommunications industry.
Mr Mawindi holds a Bsc Engineering (Honours) degree in electrical engineering from the University of Zimbabwe, a Graduate Diploma in Marketing and Marketing Management from the European Marketing Confederation and an MBA in finance from Howard University in the United States.
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