In this role, he is responsible for the overall financial planning, management, and oversight of the Safaricom Group with 11 subsidiaries, which include overseeing Safaricom Ethiopia and Mpesa Africa’s 8 country opeations in Africa.

Previously, Dilip served Telenor Group as Chief Finance Officer of DTAC Thailand and Grameenphone Bangladesh. He has held various finance roles in Vodafone India, rising to the position of Executive Vice President, Finance. Other organizations that he has worked for include: Hutchinson Essar (part of Hutchison Hongkong Group), Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (a Coca-Cola entity) and Tata Tinplate (a Tata Group company).

Dilip sits in boards of various institutions including Safaricom PLC, Safaricom Money Transfer Service Ltd, Safaricom Telecommunication Ethiopia, Global Partnership for Ethiopia, M-Pesa Africa, East Africa Device Assembly Kenya. He also serves as Chair of Board Audit and Risk Committee of Safaricom Ethiopia, Co-Chair of Board Audit and Risk Committee of M-Pesa Africa and Member of the Advisory Board of CFO Coalition for United Nations Global Compact. Previously, he served in the board of Carousell, South Asia’s leading online classified company, Accenture Bangladesh, a joint venture of Accenture and Telenor; Indus Tower, a joint venture of Vodafone India, Bharti Airtel and Idea Telecommunications.

Dilip holds a master’s degree in Finance from Calcutta University and a Chartered Accountant affiliated to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Cost Accountant affiliated to the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.

Role: Lead the screening process and the dry run for final presentation. Will provide advice in crucial decision-making issues.