Ayo Ajala was appointed Chief Operating Officer for MultiChoice Nigeria in April 2022. Prior to this, he kicked off his career in Human Resources in 2004.
By 2012, he had become the Head of Human Resources at MultiChoice Nigeria, where he championed the robust transformation of the; Finance, CVM and Sales divisions amongst others and built a strong talent bench in Nigeria.
A self-proclaimed people champion, Ayo’s knack for understanding people and focusing their strengths where is most suitable, is a critical aspect of his success story, even as he continued to gain cogent and extensive experience in Human Resource Management in particular and the multi-dimensional requirements of business operations on a wider spectrum.
In 2016, Ayo rose to become Regional HRBP (Nigeria, West & Central Africa) and in 2018, was the HR Director, MultiChoice Nigeria. By 2019, Ayo had demonstrated extensive track record in leading and molding people and consequently, rose to become the Group Executive Head, HR: MultiChoice Africa Holdings (MAH). In his capacity as the Group Executive Head, HR MAH, he successfully championed people’s transformational agenda and was instrumental in implementing other notable people-focused initiatives in MultiChoice Africa.
Ayo holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, an MBA from the University of Sunderland and a certificate in Human Resources Development from the Edinburgh Business School. He also completed the Vision Achievement Program with the Pacific Institute and the Harvard Business Program with Naspers Group. He recently also completed the Senior Leadership Program at the Duke Business School (Fuqua School of Business).
As the Chief Operating Officer for MultiChoice Nigeria, he will oversee customer functions and the business operations of the Nigeria business and ensure that processes and systems are sufficiently robust to support the company’s growth.
