The GSMA has elected Franco Bernabè, Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Italia, as its new Chairman for a two-year term from January 2011. He’ll take over from Alexander Izosimov, the CEO of VimpelCom Group. Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and CEO of Telenor Group, was elected as Deputy Chairman.
The other GSMA board members – in addition to GSMA CEO Rob Conway – are:
Alejandro Magaña Pérez, Vice President, International Relations, América Móvil
William Hague, Executive Vice President - International, AT&T Mobility
Jamaludin Ibrahim, Managing Director, President and Group CEO, Axiata Group Berhad
Sanjay Kapoor, CEO, Bharti Airtel Ltd (India and South Asia)
Sha Yuejia, Executive Director and Vice President, China Mobile
Lu Yimin, President, China Unicom
Olivier Baujard, Chief Technology Officer, Deutsche Telekom
Christian Salbaing, Deputy Chairman, Hutchison Whampoa Europe
Hyun-Myung Pyo, President, Mobile Business Group and Member of Board of Directors, KT Corporation
Alexander Popovskiy, CEO, MTS Russia Business Unit, OJSC Mobile TeleSystems
Hannes Ametsreiter, CEO, Telekom Austria Group and A1 Telekom Austria
Dr Kiyoyuki Tsujimura, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of Board of Directors, NTT DOCOMO
Anne Bouverot, Executive Vice President, Personal LoB and Group Devices, France Telecom-Orange
Khaled Bichara, Group CEO, Orascom Telecom
Dr Nasser Marafih, Group CEO, Qtel
Sung Min Ha, President, Mobile Network Operation Business Unit, SK Telecom
Napoleon Nazareno, President and CEO, Smart Communications
Tetsuzo Matsumoto, Senior Executive Vice President, SoftBank Mobile
Anil Kumar Sardana, Managing Director, Tata Teleservices Limited
Vivek Dev, Group Director of Global New Services, Telefónica
Alexander Izosimov, President and CEO, VimpelCom Ltd
Richard J Lynch, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Verizon
Steve Pusey, Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone
The GSMA is a trade organisation that represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry.