Vivek Sharma was appointed as Acting Chief Financial Officer of e& enterprise in August 2022.
His key mandates are to deliver strategic financial direction to e& enterprise, oversee financial performance across e& enterprise and its subsidiaries, and to enable the financial carve-out of e& enterprise from e& Group.
Since his appointment, Vivek has created an entirely new Finance department. He is heavily involved in M&A activities that are aimed at enabling regional expansion and delivering profitable revenue growth for the Group. From the inception of e& enterprise, Vivek has been involved in the successful completion of two key projects: the acquisition of Smartworld which was fundamental to augmenting the capabilities of the IoT & AI business unit, and the joint venture with Bespin Global which will lead to the creation of a regional managed services cloud provider.
Prior to his appointment as Acting CFO, Vivek was Senior Director for Business Analysis & Performance in the B2B division of etisalat by e& (formerly Etisalat UAE) for 7 years. In this role, he established a Pricing Office that improved financial and commercial discipline, supported significant digital revenue growth and was instrumental in driving and delivering cost efficiency targets.
Before joining e&, he held multiple senior Finance positions at Vodafone Group, based in London.
Vivek Sharma is a qualified accountant, associated with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and has over 20 years of professional experience in the Telecoms and Technology industry, with his specialty in the B2B sector.