MTN Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Troopti Desai as Group Executive: Tax, effective 13 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).

Prior to 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.