Ramakrishna Lella

Ramakrishna Lella has been Chief Supply Chain Officer, Airtel Africa since September 2016. He has total work experience of more than 30 years in the telecommunications industry, more than half of which has been spent at Airtel. Ramakrishna held various leadership roles in shaping the supply chain function in the telecommunications sector, covering manufacturing (Alcatel and Indian Telephone Industries), R&D (CDOT) and Service Provider (Airtel and Reliance Jio). Ramakrishna has served as a lead member of the team involved in setting up mobile networks (including 2G/3G/LTE coverage), NLD/ILD network, enterprise network, DTH network and implementation of ERP systems as part of transformational projects and achieved business goals across India and Africa. He was formerly the Director SCM for Airtel Nigeria between 2012 and 2014.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University and a master’s degree in Industrial Management – Materials Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.