Africa’s largest and most innovative digital media company, Terragon Group, has announced the appointment of International Entrepreneur and Management Consultant, John Santhosh, as a member of its board of advisers.
Santhosh, with his over 20 years’ experience in providing Information Technology (IT) solutions for Banking, Finance and Engineering sectors, comes with his wealth of experience in enabling large organisations achieve business objectives and joins Terragon’s Board of Advisers to add this wealth of experience to the growth of a forward moving company.
Commenting, Elo Umeh, Chief Executive Officer, Terragon Group, said “It is an honour to have a personality such as that of John Santhosh join our Board of Advisers. We welcome his rich experience and contributions which will greatly impact our business for good. His impeccable track record gives us confidence in strengthening our company’s goals, vision and mission.”
“We fully recognise the importance of developing and bringing forth strategic thinking and alignment in reiterating our focus and commitment on corporate governance. We believe this move of appointing Santhosh as a member of the Board of Advisers is line with the actualisation of our dreams and a step in the right direction,” Umeh stated.
Santhosh is currently the Chief Executive Officer of GIEOM, a ‘Business excellence’ and ‘Compliance Assurance’ system chosen by ‘SWIFT Innotribe’ as top 6 banking technology innovations of 2013. He was a key member of the team that gave shape to Oracle Financial Services Software (OFSS) unit’s Emerging Market Strategy and also served as the Chief Operating Officer of ERP Research Centre at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He was also a 2014 Mentor for ‘Make it Wearable’ Challenge, a global initiative by Intel Corporation supporting the evolution of Wearables.
Terragon Group, currently running operations on the African continent – Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa – and South East Asia, is expanding its frontiers to set up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), by the third quarter of the year, with a hub in Dubai. The establishment of the Board and appointment of its members is in line with developing the global outlook of the company. The group houses three independent, yet convergent businesses which focus on different aspects of the digital media sphere.