Cellnex names a new non-executive chair while it seeks a CEO

Cellnex said on Monday its board named Anne Bouverot as non-executive chair replacing current Chairman Bertrand Kan while Europe’s largest mobile phone tower operator looks for a new chief executive.

Bouverot has been an independent board member since 2018, the company said in a statement to the Spanish stock regulator.

Marco Patuano was the leading candidate for the post. Patuano was Cellnex chairman in 2018-2019, and is former chief executive of Telecom Italia and Edizione.

With Anne Bouverot, a telecoms engineer and PhD in artificial intelligence, becoming chairperson, the company will continue seeking a successor for Tobias Martinez, Cellnex said in a press statement. Nasdaq