Daily News
Message from the CEO, Bharti Airtel
“In line with our philosophy of providing enlarged roles to our people, I am happy to announce that Abhay Savargaonkar will take over as the CEO for the independent Fiber Company that Airtel is planning to create. Given the significant growth in data consumption, we believe that a robust and independent infrastructure company, that serves the growing need of fiber in the telecom industry, is critical.
Over the last few years as Chief Technology Officer, Abhay led one of the largest network deployments in the world and established our network as one of the most admired integrated networks across the globe. During Abhay’s tenure, Airtel was also awarded the fastest 4G network in India. Abhay has led his team with passion and focus and has been a trusted partner to me in this period. I would like to thank Abhay and wish him luck as he starts his new journey as CEO of the Fiber Company.
I am also delighted to welcome back Randeep Singh Sekhon as the Chief Technology Officer. Randeep started his career with Indian Air Force and is no stranger to Airtel, having led network planning for us a decade ago. Since then, Randeep has done various roles across Malaysia and Indonesia, first as CTO and then as CTIO. More recently, Randeep was appointed CEO of Hutchison 3 Indonesia where he led the turnaround of the company, delivering 40% revenue growth, 4X EBITDA growth and 3% RMS gain. Randeep has the technical and commercial expertise to take the Airtel Network to the next level in its journey. Both Abhay and Randeep will report to me”.
Signed,
Gopal Vittal, Managing Director and CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel Limited
– CT Bureau
You must be logged in to post a comment Login