VEON Strengthens Group Leadership Team Adding Two Senior Executives to Its Dubai Team
September 30 2024 - 9:35AM
Amsterdam and Dubai, 30 September
2024: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam:
VEON), a global digital operator, is pleased to announce the
appointment of two new senior executives to its Group Leadership
Team in Dubai. Anand Ramachandran, who joins VEON as the Chief of
Staff to the Group CEO, and Inanc Cakiroglu, who joins as the Group
Chief Information Officer (CIO), will both be based in VEON’s
expanding operational hub in Dubai, and report to Group CEO Kaan
Terzioglu.
“As we have shared with our investors on VEON’s
Capital Markets Day, we are bullish about growth and have set out
an ambitious vision for the upcoming three years. In this new era,
VEON will grow by putting a more granular focus on our digital big
bets, as well as consumer and enterprise services, making the full
potential of various verticals in our business visible to global
investors and supporting growth in our markets,” explains
Kaan Terzioglu, CEO of VEON Group. “We warmly welcome
Anand and Inanc to VEON and look forward to working with them as
they bring in additional expertise to our Leadership Team.”
Anand Ramachandran joins VEON
from Singapore Telecom where he served as Vice President of
Business Management in the Group CEO’s Office. Prior to this role,
he held senior positions in the banking industry at Barclays and
Citibank. With nearly three decades of experience in global
financial markets and investor relations, particularly in the
Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector, Anand will lead
VEON’s Investor Relations team as well as a number of strategic
initiatives involving internal, regional and global
stakeholders.
Inanc Cakiroglu brings over two decades of
experience to the position of Group CIO at VEON with extensive
expertise in technical leadership, strategic management and
business development within the dynamic fields of artificial
intelligence, data science, data engineering and software
development. Inanc joins VEON from mobileLive Canada where he was
the Director of AI, Analytics and Data. His previous experience
includes roles at Badal.io, Turkcell, lifecell Ukraine and IBM. He
will work closely with VEON’s technology companies and lead the
Group Cybersecurity function.
VEON’s three-year ambition and strategic plans are available to
the investor community and the broader public on the Company’s
website: https://www.veon.com/investors/capital-markets-day24
About VEONVEON is a digital
operator that provides converged connectivity and digital services
to nearly 160 million customers. Operating across six
countries that are home to more than 7% of the world’s population,
VEON is transforming lives through technology-driven services that
empower individuals and drive economic growth. Headquartered
in Amsterdam, VEON is listed on NASDAQ and Euronext. For more
information visit: www.veon.com
DisclaimerThis release contains
“forward-looking statements”, as the phrase is defined in Section
27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E
of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Forward-looking statements are not historical facts, and include
statements relating to, among other things, VEON’s strategy, growth
ambition and management structure. Forward-looking statements are
inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which VEON
cannot predict with accuracy and some of which VEON might not even
anticipate. The forward-looking statements contained in this
release speak only as of the date of this release. VEON does not
undertake to publicly update, except as required by U.S. federal
securities laws, any forward-looking statement to reflect events or
circumstances after such dates or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
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