All People Moves articles – Page 3
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People
Vodafone–Three MergeCo CEO names UK leadership team
Max Taylor lines up eleven lieutenants, only three of which come from Three UK as merger completion nears…
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Telefónica’s network ops boss to lead Vodafone fibre JV
Spanish operators put more pieces in place for 3.6 million premises fibre venture, naming a CEO and unveiling its branding. Regulatory approval and third-party investor outreach also seen as progressing, ahead of mid-2025 target. Read more…
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People
Vodafone brings in Proximus boss to lead Investments & Strategy as Timuray exits
Serpil Timuray exits after a year leading Vodafone Investments, with Guillaume Boutin appointed her successor.
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Innovation (R&D)
BT to create unified innovation function as Division X, Etc. combine
Group seeks to “sharpen” connectivity focus and meet evolving customer needs with new innovation team, under the watch of Tom Meakin’s Strategy & Change team. Longstanding Etc. chief Tom Guy leaves the Group, while Business’s Division X joins forces with the ‘startup from within’…
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People
GSMA seeks new Chair to replace former Telefónica CEO
The GSMA begins hunt for new chair after swapping out deposed Telefónica boss José Maria Álvarez-Pallete. Marc Murtra takes a board seat, with Bharti Airtel’s Gopal Vittal stepping to take the chair in the meantime…
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Strategy & Change
BT names UK Business boss as domestic focus steps up a level
Vision for homeland-centric BT advances as UK Business inaugurated with Jon James poached to lead, veteran Bas Burger redeployed to MNC ‘optimisation’ (or offload). CEO Allison Kirkby’s career has criss-crossed James’, including tenure as Nordic CEOs, private equity, NetCo-ServCo and transformer experience. Completing circle, BT’s Christian Thrane succeeded James at Nuuday…
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People
Vodafone rotates Balkans CEOs, renews Greece and Romania leadership
More changes in the Balkans as Vodafone Greece and Vodafone Romania get new CEOs, with veteran Haris Broumidis stepping down.
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Weekly Briefings
UK Infrawatch Briefing: data centre AI plans; Zzoomming up altnet tables; Freshwave deals
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK, including the latest on sector mergers; power challenges accompanying the government’s AI power play; people moves, and plenty more…
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People
DT reshuffle: Höttges retained while Gopalan heads state-side
Deutsche Telekom’s Board shores up strategic ambitions by securing the signature of CEO Tim Höttges on a two-year contract extension, and parachuting key lieutenant Srini Gopalan into its increasingly dominant T-Mobile US business to oversee digital reshaping and customer groups.
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Strategy & Change
Deep dive: The politics behind Telefónica’s boardroom putsch
In bombshell move, Chairman and CEO José María Álvarez-Pallete forced out, following apparent boardroom coup by Spanish state. TelcoTitans considers the political backdrop, internal and national, as Indra’s Marc Murtra installed at helm…
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People
MTN appoints new infra chief to drive AI strategy
Group CTIO Mazen Mroué named CEO for Digital Infrastructure, including Bayobab fibre and mobile hardware units.
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People
Telefónica defenestrates Executive Chairman Álvarez-Pallete
This is a developing story. Chairman and CEO José María Álvarez-Pallete forced out at board meeting. Financial markets may take badly to implications of seeming boardroom coup by Spanish state, including shock arrival of comparative unknown successor with history of state affiliation. Read latest update…
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People
Tech boss switch at Deutsche Telekom’s fibre JV
GlasfaserPlus appoints former DT exec Thomas Müller as its new CTO.
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People
BT Data & AI chief Deepika Adusumilli exits
BT now ‘working through’ leadership requirements in data space after confirmation of Chief Data & AI Officer’s departure.
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People
BT Peoplewatch: Group brings in more consultancy high-flyers
30+ senior and strategic moves across BT and its ecosystem, including another handful of joiners from EY and McKinsey to lead the transformation agenda; another significant Data & AI switch; security swaps in Europe; and a pair of BT Defence changes…
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People
Sky pinches tech boss from Liberty Global
Aarne Aho takes on Group Chief Technology Officer role at Sky, after long career leading tech and product development at Liberty Global and Virgin Media.
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People
Vodafone Peoplewatch: Italian migration, Balkans CxO swaps
20+ senior and strategic changes across the Vodafone Group footprint, including a wave of changes following creation of Fastweb + Vodafone in Italy; ExCo changes in Albania, Czechia, and Greece; a swift return for Vi’s CTSO; more in Africa, Group HQ, elsewhere…
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People
Balkans boss Katia Stathaki exits Vodafone
Former Vodafone Albania and Vodafone Business Greece CEO Katia Stathaki moves on to “next chapter of my work life”.
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People
Telefónica Peoplewatch: Bluevía names fresh CEO to manage strategy transition
Recent strategic and senior leadership changes at Telefónica include Group CTIO Enrique Blanco and strategy lead Mark Evans preparing to step down from Executive Committee in early-2025; and Spain fibre JV Bluevía appointing new CEO…
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People
Vodafone Peoplewatch: Vantage Towers top-brass change in Spain, Germany
25+ senior and strategic movers, including new regional MDs at Vantage; brand strategy appointment in the UK ahead of Three combination; market positioning in focus at soon-to-be sold Vodafone Italy; a B2B drive on ‘emerging tech’; plus plenty more in DRC, Germany, Hungary, India, Tanzania, elsewhere…