VEON on Tuesday announced the appointment of Erwan Gelebart as CEO of JazzCash from May 18 this year.
Gelebart, CEO of Orange Money Madagascar and a long serving executive of Orange, will report to VEON's co-CEO Sergi Herrero.
JazzCash is Pakistan's leading digital wallet with 7.3 million active users at the end of last year.Erwan has more than 15 years' experience, including the launch and scale-up of digital financial services in Bangladesh, Ghana, Madagascar and Mali and while at EY Parthenon, Orange Money and Grameenphone.
Erwan holds a MBA from the Asian Institute of Technology as well as a Master in Management from the SKEMA Business School.
Sergi Herrero, Co-CEO, VEON
With 7.3 million active digital wallets, JazzCash has enormous potential in Pakistan - a country with a young, fast-growing population of more than 200 million.
Erwan Gelebart as CEO of JazzCash
JazzCash has never been more important in addressing Pakistan's unbanked population and encouraging greater financial inclusion in an increasingly cashless world.
