Rob Shuter is the new CEO of MTN — he resumes 1st of July 2017. That concludes the search which has seen Phuthuma Nhleko holding up for the company since the crises began. Shuter joins MTN after a stint as CEO of Vodafone’s Europe Cluster. According to his LinkedIn profile, Shuter’s telecoms career began in 2009 as CFO for Vodacom, South Africa’s largest mobile network. A South African national, he will take up his new position as CEO and president by July 1, 2017