Nigeria: MTN appoints Troopti Desai as Group Executive: Tax
MTN Group has declared the appointment of Troopti Desai as its Group Executive: Tax.
The newly elected Group Executive for Tax will commerce work effective 13th September 2021.
Troopti is an admitted attorney and has extensive experience in the fields of Labour Law, Immigration Law, Corporate Tax, Mergers & Acquisitions Tax, Tax Incentives, Corporate Governance, Legal and Finance, as well as Tax policy and Revenue Authority engagement.
She joins MTN from PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), where she was a Partner in the Corporate Tax department, responsible for managing various forms of Tax Risk for multinationals and SA-listed clients across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Before joining PWC, Troopti was the Head of Tax for SSA at General Electric (GE) and was also a Director of multiple GE entities in South Africa.
She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree, a Higher Diploma in Tax Law, and an MBA from Wits University.