All People articles
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Strategy & Change
Indian magnate joins BT board to give long-term investor Bharti a voice at the top
BT Group’s largest shareholder Bharti Enterprises firms up relationship to secure two boardroom seats.
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People
Nuuday brings in ex-Vodafone IT architect to lead ServCo’s ‘harder’ next phase
Carlos Moreno Alonso appointed CTIO to lead TDC Group subsidiary’s ongoing digital transformation project.
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People
New boss brought in at Telefónica’s home security venture
Operator’s partner Prosegur promotes from within to fill vacant Exec Chair spot at their six-year-old connected-security joint venture.
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B2B
Zen enters ‘next phase’ of B2B with new leadership, evolving strategy
Ex-TalkTalk Business exec Jon Nowell steps in to lead Zen Business with a mission to disrupt, urges UK enterprises to reconsider status quo.
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People
France’s TDF installs new towerco boss
French wireless infra group names Nicolas Gibergues as Managing Director of business’ Towerco unit, claiming his international and sector-specific experience will enable it to compete in an “increasingly competitive” infra market…
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People
T-Mobile crafts CEO succession plan around ops boss Gopalan
As widely speculated, and even assumed, T-Mobile has lined up a succession plan with the appointment of Srini Gopalan to Chief Operating Operator, according to operator executives.
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People
Execs reshuffled at Orange MEA after fintech boss exits
Departure of Orange Money Group chief Aminata Kane prompts a change at top of fast-growing regional fintech business and operator’s Tunisian outpost.
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People
DT resets consumer leadership amid German broadband challenges
Operator’s new German boss rings changes after shift in strategy to arrest recent slide in broadband user numbers and fibre sign-ups.
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People
T-Systems rejigs top team with dedicated sovereignty and tech execs
T-Systems rejigs management team with appointments to two new roles focused on sovereignty and strategy and transformation, replacing previous Chief Technology Officer function.
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People
T-Mobile US: Almeida takes on mega-Growth; Saw top-Tech
Deep Dive: Significant leadership update brings in new head of Growth, promotes CTO. Almeida to marshal M&A war chest, lead pursuit of new revenue streams beyond core mobile business, particularly adtech, B2B and fibre.
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Strategy & Change
MTN to expand digital infra with refreshed strategy
Telco targets expansion of data centres and fibre as it launches new operating model aimed at accelerating growth. Executive Committee reshuffled to support execution of the new strategy…
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People
BT Ireland swaps leadership to begin ‘next phase’
Carol Connolly to take over from Shay Walsh to lead BT’s in-transition Irish business.
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People
Deutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: in-flight boss is Amazon-bound
The latest strategic and senior changes at Deutsche Telekom, including the appointment of new execs to drive network technology evolution in the AI era and direct its in-flight comms business — plus leadership switches around B2B in Poland, ‘Beyond Core’ diversification, and product design.
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People
CEO switched out at Telefónica Tech UK&I
Martyn Bullerwell takes the helm at Telefónica Tech UK&I, replacing Mark Gorton after the latter’s three-year tenure.
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People
BT Peoplewatch: CTIO, regionals confirmed for International
20+ senior and strategic changes across BT as the group settles in with its new overseas B2B division, including: new CTIO imported from Accenture and regional leads for BT International; MBNL boardroom swapsie after BT Treasury departure; and Openreach alumnus adding Gigaclear board seat…
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Network & Infra
Vodafone’s Nadia Benabdallah: ‘the real leap lies in autonomous networks’
Having seen the Group’s networks evolve from 3G to 5G SA over a 30-year career, Milan-based network strategy chief says the real benefits will come with deployment of autonomous networking…
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People
Telefónica’s ex-digital chief Alonso joins cybersecurity player Cloudflare
Telco’s former Chief Digital Officer takes up a new remit to drive international expansion at cloud and cybersecurity solutions provider.
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People
Vantage Towers’ third CEO since 2023 — Hillabrant off to Crown Castle
CFO Nicolas Mahler steps up to interim-CEO at Europe’s second-largest TowerCo, amidst significant market pressures and ongoing regulatory scrutiny at Blackrock-KKR-Vodafone venture…
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People
Vodafone Peoplewatch: IT changes at Group, Investments, Ireland
25+ senior and strategic executives changes, including a new Group CIO (and a change in Ireland); Vodafone Investments appoints CTO as former CEO completes her exit; government affairs official behind VodafoneThree merger steps down, job done; Cindy Rose takes on WPP top-spot…
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People
Telefónica brings boss of partner Atento onto board
More new faces join Spanish group’s Board of Directors as Anna Martínez and Mónica Rey (the CEO of outsourcing partner Atento) come in for two departing independent members.