murchr wrote:FRM2011 wrote:murchr wrote:
Happy for her but who will replace her? She is the engine behind Safaricom Not quite. She got that job two years ago after Peter Arina was forced out. Peter is the guy who can be called the engine behind Safaricom. Started out during Michael Joseph's days and even then his title used to change from time to time but he was always the 2nd in command. He literally inducted Bob to the company.
Incidentally, its Peter Arina who brought in most of the senior mgt from his former employer, Unilever. Including Sylvia.
Peter Aina the thief? He went to EA Cables and couldn't do nothing. Those who worked at Safcom and Unilever will tell you this woman is such a heavy lifter. If you wonder who made the pre-pay platform in Safaricom sexy, that was Silvia. No joke
I worked for this company at some point and I can tell you PA is a legend. That winning culture that has made safcom what it is today came from him. Everyone, Sylvia included, grew under him.
As for eating, let us just say not many people at Safaricom would survive if a thorough investigation was to be done. Too much money and the internal control systems are always playing catch up. Remember the scandal revolving around premium services ? Where subscribers were being charged daily for services they never signed up for ? The figures were running to hundreds of millions. Almost the entire dept had to be sent home and PA got caught up as the overall boss.