GSMA ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND ANNOUNCES JOS MARA LVAREZ-PALLETE LPEZ AS CHAIR

GSMA names 26-Member Board to serve from January 2023 through December 2024

7 November 2022, London: The GSMA has elected new members of the GSMA Board of Directors for a two-year term beginning 1 January 2023 through 31 December 2024. The GSMA Board has also elected Jos Mar a lvarez-Pallete L pez CEO of Telef nica Group, as Chair, and Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel Group as Deputy Chair. As GSMA Chair, Jos Mar a lvarez-Pallete L pez will oversee the strategic direction of the organisation, which represents the world's mobile operators and companies in the broader mobile ecosystem.

The industry is at a pivotal point at the moment and I am very excited to work with the Board as we navigate the opportunities and challenges ahead. It is more important than ever that we work together to ensure that the true potential of the mobile ecosystem benefits people, businesses and society as a whole , said GSMA Director General, Mats Granryd. He added that we are delighted to welcome the new and re-elected Board members and we thank the outgoing GSMA Board members for their exceptional support .

I am honoured and pleased to be elected to serve as Chair of the GSMA at such an exciting time for the industry. I look forward to working closely with the rest of the Board, the GSMA leadership team and our entire membership to address the critical issues facing our industry and our customers, said Jos Mar a lvarez-Pallete L pez.

GSMA Board Members for the 2023-2024 Term

There are 26 members of the GSMA Board. Members include senior representatives from global mobile operators as well as smaller independent operators. The GSMA Board for the 2023-2024 term includes, in alphabetical order:

Carlos M. Jarque, Executive Director, International Relations, Government & Corporate Affairs, Am rica M vil Group

Igal Elbaz, Senior Vice President, Network CTO, AT&T Group

Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, CEO Telecommunications Business & Joint Acting Group CEO, Axiata Group BhD

Gopal Vittal, CEO, Bharti Airtel Group

Gao Tonqing, Executive Vice President, China Mobile Communications Group

Li Jun, Executive Vice President, China Telecom Group

China Unicom

Dominique Leroy, Board Member for Europe, Deutsche Telekom Group

Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO, e& Group

Frehiwot Tamru, CEO, Ethio Telecom

Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA

Makoto Takahashi, President and Group CEO, KDDI

Hyeonmo Ku, President & CEO, KT

Jens Schulte-Bokum, COO, MTN Group

Micha l Trabbia, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Orange Group

Mathew Oommen, President & Member of Board of Directors, Reliance Jio

Yuen Kuan Moon, Group CEO, Singtel

Olayan M. Alwetaid, Group CEO, STC

Roberto Daniel Nobile, CEO, Telecom Argentina SA

Pietro Labriola, Group CEO and General Manager, Telecom Italia

Jos Mar a lvarez-Pallete L pez, CEO, Telef nica Group

Sigve Brekke, President and Group CEO, Telenor

Vicki Brady, Group CEO, Telstra

Kaan Terzio lu, Group CEO, Veon

Rima Qureshi, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Verizon

Ahmed Essam, CEO, Vodafone UK, Vodafone Group

-ENDS-

About GSMA

The GSMA is a global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem to discover, develop and deliver innovation foundational to positive business environments and societal change. Our vision is to unlock the full power of connectivity so that people, industry, and society thrive. Representing mobile operators and organisations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, the GSMA delivers for its members across three broad pillars: Connectivity for Good, Industry Services and Solutions, and Outreach. This activity includes advancing policy, tackling today's biggest societal challenges, underpinning the technology and interoperability that make mobile work, and providing the world's largest platform to convene the mobile ecosystem at the MWC and M360 series of events.

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