TELECOM EXECUTIVE MOVES – WEEK 48

A quick roundup of people moves and exec changes in the ICT sector for week 48 (22/11 through 28/11/2019).

Telco Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the global Telecom community.

Full article on the Phoenix Career Blog.

Nokia

Nokia announced on 25th November that it would discontinue the Chief Operating Officer (COO) role and distribute its various functions to other Nokia leaders.

As a result, the current COO, Joerg Erlemeier, has decided to step down from the company’s Group Leadership Team and leave the company as of January 1, 2020.

Tata Communications

Tata Communications has appointed Mr Amur S Lakshminarayanan (Lakshmi) as Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer – Designate of Tata Communications for a term of five years with effect from 26 November 2019.

KPN

Royal KPN N.V. (“KPN”) hosted an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (“EGM”) during which the Supervisory Board informed shareholders of KPN on its intended appointments to the Board of Management of KPN.

Following the EGM, the Supervisory Board decided to confirm the intended appointments of Mr. Farwerck, Mr. Fouladi, Mrs. Garssen, Mr. Van Overbeke and Mrs. Snoep effective per 1 December 2019, and that of Mr. Figee per 1 February 2020.

Globe Telecom

On Wednesday Globe has announced the appointment of Carlomagno E. Malana as its new Chief Information Officer beginning Jan. 1, 2020. 

A10 Networks

A10 Networks has announced that Dhrupad Trivedi has agreed to join the company as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective December 2, 2019. 

Vodacom Group

Vodacom has announced the resignation of Chief Technology Officer Andries Delport and the resignation of Chief Financial Officer Till Streichert.

Remgro

Andries Delport will be joining Remgro’s telecommunications business Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH) as CTO.

Remgro has also appointed Raymond Ndlovu as new CIVH chief executive.

Sky Deutschland

Sky Deutschland has appointed a new CEO following Carsten Schmidt’s decision to step down from the role at the end of the year.

Devesh Raj will take over duties atop the Comcast-owned German pay-TV giant on January 1 2020, while Schmidt will act as a senior advisor on the board of Sky Germany in 2020.

Telia

At this week’s EGM, Lars-Johan Jarnheimer was elected new member of the Board as well as elected Chair of the Board.

Stein-Erik Vellan, Senior Vice President and currently CEO of Telia Finland will take over as CEO of Telia Norway as the current CEO Abraham Foss will leave his position.

Jonas Bengtsson, Executive Vice President, Group General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs, will temporarily assume the role of CEO of Telia Finland until a permanent solution is in place.

Heli Partanen, currently Head of Consumer Business in Finland, will simultaneously become acting Vice CEO with full operational responsibility and will be leading the day-to-day business in Finland.

Thomas Kj?rsgaard, who has served as acting CEO of Telia Denmark since September 2019, has been appointed CEO of the company.

Mint Mobile

Mint Mobile, the wireless company offering carrier-grade service for a fraction of the cost, has announced that actor, writer, producer and mobile phone enthusiast Ryan Reynolds has purchased an ownership stake in the company.

Philion

German mobile retailer Philion has named Davut Sahin as the new COO and Jorg Schicke CFO, effective 01 December.

CityFibre

CityFibre has announced the appointment of Richard Thorpe as Chief Delivery Officer.

MTN

MTN Nigeria Communication PLC on Friday has announced the appointment of Modupe Kadri as its new Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Pareteum

Pareteum has announced a CEO transition and a restructuring of its leadership team. Robert Turner has been terminated as Chairman and CEO of Pareteum. Bart Weijermars has been appointed Interim CEO, and Independent Director Mary Beth Vitale has been appointed interim Chairman of the Board for the transition period.

Orange

Mobile operator Orange Niger, recently sold by Orange to Zamani Com, will be led by new CEO Souleymane Diallo.

Proximus

The Proximus Board of Directors has appointed Guillaume Boutin as the new CEO of the Proximus Group for a period of six years. Guillaume will take up his new function on 1 December 2019.

Airgain

Airgain has announced that Anil Doradla, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the company, effective November 30, 2019, to pursue other opportunities.

DZS

DASAN Zhone Solutions has announced that Tom Cancro is appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective December 2, 2019.

Viacom

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has named Pierluigi Gazzolo, currently president of VIMN Americas and executive VP of Nickelodeon International, the new president of OTT International and Viacom International Studios (VIS).

IP Fusion

IP Infusion has announced that Rakesh Dubey, former Juniper Senior Vice President of Engineering, has joined the company as Vice President, Engineering and will lead all IP Infusion engineering organizations and product development.

Segra

Segra announces that Peter Zarrella has joined the company and will serve as its Chief Financial Officer.

NRTC

NRTC has named James (Jim) DaBramo as president of its Broadband Solutions division (formerly Pulse Communications), effective Jan. 6, 2020. 

Vonage

Vonage has announced that it has named SaaS industry veteran Rodolpho Cardenuto as President, Applications Group, effective December 9, 2019.

Rostelecom

Alexander Smirnov has been appointed VP for legal issues at Rostelecom.

Sinch

Sinch AB has announced the expansion of its senior management team with the strategic recruitment of Vikram Khandpur, a product management leader in cloud and intelligent communications. He assumes the company’s new Chief Product Officer role on December 19.

Cujo AI

CUJO AI has announced that cybersecurity expert Kimmo Kasslin joined the CUJO AI team and has been appointed vice president to lead CUJO AI Laboratories operations.

Luna Innovations

Luna Innovations announces that Gene Nestro will join the company effective December 2, 2019 and will be named as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).