Neelesh Singh

Neelesh Singh leads Information Technology function for Airtel Africa. His role involves defining and implementing IT strategy across the Group, including its operating subsidiaries across the Group’s 14-country footprint. Neelesh specialises in defining and revamping operating models, delivering on complex business transformations, setting up greenfield operations, cloud infrastructure and architecture simplification. Mr Singh has over 19 years of international experience working in the IT sector in various roles across the public sector, independent software vendors and communications service providers. Prior to joining Airtel in 2017, he was in a senior IT leadership role at the Telenor group, handling various aspects of IT, like Strategy, Operating Models, Architecture and Analytics, across thirteen countries in Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe and Asia. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunications.