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Management Team

Mr. Sandeep Dhawan, Business Head

Mr. Dhawan is the Business Head of Reime NIS, his present responsibilities at Reime include heading the entire operations of the six Reime subsidiaries in Africa – Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana & Cote d' Ivoire and strategizing the entry of ACME Products into the MEA Market. He brings with him more than 28 years of rich & diverse experience. He is a Retired Colonel from the India Army. He Holds a Master's Degree in Science, and has attended the Executive Management Program at The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Prior to the Business Head role, he has also worked as the CEO of Hunter Telecom India Pvt Limited.

Mr. Purushothamam Ponnenkandy, Managing Director, Reime Nigeria

Mr. Ponnenkandy is the Managing Director of Reime Nigeria. He is an Economics Graduate with 24 years of Active Military Service as an Infantry Officer (Lt Col / Indian Army). He had an outstanding professional exposure in varied fields to include Operational, Logistics, Administrative and HRM assignments in the Army as well as overseas experience as part of United Nations Peace Missions. Prior to joining Reime, he worked as the first Circle Head of ROTN for ACME-TSP where he established necessary frame-work to launch business in Tamilnadu as a Total Solution Provider (TSP) in Telecom Sector.

Zarko Petkovic, Managing Director, Reime Ghana

Mr. Petkovic is the Managing Director of Reime Ghana. He is Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Guildford, UK. He brings more than 30 years, Zarko has worked in organizations like Ericsson, Siemens, GTE, Eastern Telecommunications Ltd., Standard Telecommunications Laboratories in roles like Project Manager, Project Director, Technical Manager, Support Manager and in various countries including Kenya, Belgium, Tanzania, Nigeria, UK.

Mr. Gilbert Arum, VP, Head of Sales & Marketing

Mr. Arum is the Vice President Sales and Marketing and he is responsible to oversee day to day operations including sales, marketing and regional operations for ACME in Africa.. Gilbert ARUM graduated from the University of Nairobi in 1986. He has worked in all key dimensions of the Telecoms value chain ranging from a Network Operator, Service Provider, a Management Consultant and E2E Solutions Provider. Previously he worked for companies like Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent etc.

Yunus Yangin, Country Manager, Reime Tanzania

Mr. Yangin, is Country Manager for Reime Tanzania, before being the country manager, Yunus worked first as a site supervisor and then as an Operations Manager with Reime Kenya Ltd for 7 years. Yunus has done many certifications during his career, some of the prominent ones being - High Safety Climbing Certificate, Andrew Connecters & MW Installation Certificate, GVF VSAT Installation & Maintenance Course, ERICSSON GSM RBS 2106/ 2107 Installation, PROMANIS/PROMASYS project management tool. Earlier he worked for Antensan International GmBH, Yenice Turizm&Construction Ltd, 3.2.1. Construction Ltd. In the roles of Assistant Project Manager, Construction Manager.

Jonathan Muwonge, Country Manager, Reime Uganda

Mr. Muwonge is the Country Manager for Reime Uganda and he is responsible for the day to day management of the company and business development. Jonathan Muwonge has 10 years of telecom industry experience. He holds a bachelors degree in Electrical engineering from Makerere University and Masters in Communications Management from Coventry University. Prior to this he was Corporate Strategy Analyst at Uganda. He worked as part of the due diligence team that eventually led to the acquisition of majority shareholding in Uganda Telecom by LAP Green.

Mr. Paradise Tamakloe, Country Manager, Reime Cote d’ Ivoire

Mr. Tamakloe is the Country Manager for Reime Cote d’ Ivoire. He has 13 years of experience as a government auditor in the Ghana Audit Service where he was involved in the audit of institutions such as hospitals, district assemblies, the Ghana Police Service, secondary and tertiary institutions, treasuries, Internal Revenue Service, Ghana National Fire Service, Ministry of Trade and Tourism etc.