After 16 years at Old Mutual, Ralph Mupita will be leaving "the big green" at the end of this month. In assessing his long career, the Old Mutual Emerging Markets CEO says he's satisfied with the contribution he's made and it's time he moved on to a new challenge. "You should always know when it's your time to move, do something different. When the MTN opening came along it gave me that opportunity for growth." Mupita will be joining MTN as chief financial officer. The move is unusual but Mupita maintains that his career trajectory has always been nonlinear, likening it to that of Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam. "I always get asked to give an example of someone who had a similar background to me and I always say Tidjane Thiam. He's an engineering graduate but when he ran Prudential he first came in as CFO." Mupita follows former Old Mutual Plc COO Paul Hanratty, who joined MTN in 2015 as a nonexecutive director. Mupita is also the latest recruit from the financial services sector, ...
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