Telenor Pakistan gets a new CEO — MobileMonday Global: Industry News

^{Johnsen moves to Thailand} Telenor Pakistan gets a new CEO

15 Jul 2008 at 17:50 GMT Timo Poropudas

Telenor Pakistan, the country's fastest growing mobile operator, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Jon Eddy Abdullah as the company's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He will succeed Mr. Tore Johnsen from 15 August, 2008.

Jon Eddy Abdullah has more than 15 years of experience from the telecommunications industry. He has been working with both infrastructure vendors as well as several mobile operators, most recently as Chief Operating Officer in Maxis Telecommunications in Malaysia and Chief Technology Officer in DiGi.

Mr. Eddy is 42 years old, married and has 2 children. He holds a Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering from the Montana State University, US.

Mr. Tore Johnsen, who has been CEO of Telenor Pakistan since the inception in 2004, is appointed new CEO of Telenor's Thai operation DTAC, which currently has 16.7 million subscribers.

Telenor Pakistan is the fastest growing mobile operator in the country, growing from zero to 18 million subscribers since March 2005, making the company the second largest operator. Telenor Pakistan is 100 per cent owned by Telenor ASA.