Following the changes in the management team, telecom operators Romtelecom and Cosmote, both owned by Greek telecom group OTE, will have a common management team for the first time, people close to the matter told ZF.
“Romtelecom and Cosmote Romania announce the following common appointments, starting 1st of October, 2013, in line with the two companies’ effort to improve their collaboration and areas of synergies:
* Mathias Hanel – currently Chief Commercial Officer Romania, is appointed as Chief Commercial Officer – Residential Segment Romania (fixed and mobile operations, Romtelecom and Cosmote Romania). In this new role, Mr. Hanel will be responsible to coordinate all the residential customer-facing commercial efforts and initiatives of the two organizations.
* Ovidiu Ghiman – currently Chief Residential Officer Romtelecom, is appointed as Chief Commercial Officer – Business Segment Romania (fixed and mobile operations, Romtelecom and Cosmote Romania). In this new role, Mr. Ghiman will be responsible to coordinate all the corporate customer-facing commercial activities and initiatives of the two organizations.
* Bob Konstantinidis – currently Chief Technology and Operations Officer Romtelecom, is appointed as Chief Technology and Operations Officer Romania (fixed and mobile operations, Romtelecom and Cosmote Romania). In his new position, Mr. Konstantinidis will be responsible for the development of the technology strategy, planning, implementation and coordination of all technology and operations activities and initiatives of the two organizations.
* Anca Georgescu – Aladgem – currently Chief Human Resources Officer Romtelecom, is appointed as Chief Human Resources Officer Romania (fixed and mobile operations, Romtelecom and Cosmote Romania). In this role, Mrs. Georgescu-Aladgem will be responsible to coordinate all the human resources activities and initiatives of the two organizations.
* Anastasios Tzoulas – currently Chief Financial Officer Romtelecom, is appointed as Chief Financial Officer Romania (fixed and mobile operations, Romtelecom and Cosmote Romania). In this role, Mr. Tzoulas will be responsible to coordinate all the finance and accounting activities and initiatives of the two organizations.
* Timos Tsokanis – currently Chief Information Officer Romtelecom, is appointed as Chief Information Officer Romania (fixed and mobile operations, Romtelecom and Cosmote Romania). In this role, Mr. Tsokanis will be responsible to coordinate all the information technology infrastructure evolution, systems development and operation of the two organizations.
“These appointments are in line with our objective for a unified, coherent approach of both businesses. We thus set the premises of a strong, streamlined organization and this will bring value-added results to our customers. I am convinced that we are on the right track in building a great leader on the IT&C market, a solid workplace for our employees, while delivering shareholders’ targets”, Mr. Nikolai Beckers, Romtelecom and Cosmote Romania CEO stated.
The two companies also announced Tuesday that Mihai Tudor, currently Chief Commercial Officer – Business Segment Romtelecom, and Liliana Danaila, currently Human Resources Division Director Cosmote Romania, will be leaving the group to pursue other career opportunities.
Also, Konstantinos Apostolou, currently Financial Division Director Cosmote Romania, is appointed as Financial Integration Director, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer Romania. He will be overseeing the financial operational integration of the two companies.
Konstantinos Petsas, currently Information Technology Division Director Cosmote Romania, will continue to support the development efforts in the IT area, leading the transformation processes for enhancing the performance in this field and reporting to the Chief Information Officer Romania.
On the other hand, Lampros Iskos, the current Chief Technical Officer of Cosmote Romania, will continue his career within the Deutsche Telekom Group, as Director of Technology for T-Mobile Netherlands, overseeing the Technology and IT functions.