Vimpelcom Ltd. names head of Indian subsidiary Telenor as chief tech officer
MOSCOW. March 24 (Interfax) - Vimpelcom Ltd. has named Yogesh Malik as the company's group chief technological officer, the company said in a statement.
"Before joining VimpelCom, Yogesh Malik was the chief executive officer of Uninor, an Indian mobile network operator majority owned by the Telenor Group. In Uninor he held a variety of senior positions from 2010 to 2013. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Yogesh led the Uninor operations as COO covering the areas of Technology, Regulatory and Customer care," Vimpelcom said.
"Yogesh's career includes appointments as CTO of Grameenphone in Bangladesh, CTO of Kyivstar in Ukraine and Head of Technology & Sourcing at Telenor Group headquarters in Norway. He also worked for TIW, Tata/AT&T and Ericsson in Czech Republic, Brazil, China and Canada in various senior positions," the company said.
The company's former technological director, Philip Tohme, was named the general director of subsidiary Orascom Telecom Algeria (Djezzy) in January.