Stockholm-based Tele2 has restructured its management team, appointing dedicated CEOs for its four core markets: Sweden, Russia, the Netherlands and Norway.
Tele2 announced today that it decided to replace market area directors with CEOs to strengthen…
Stockholm-based Tele2 has restructured its management team, appointing dedicated CEOs for its four core markets: Sweden, Russia, the Netherlands and Norway.
Tele2 announced today that it decided to replace market area directors with CEOs to strengthen management in its core markets and “ensure maintained attention to the smaller growth assets”.
While rumours have persisted that Tele2 could exit Russia or team up with another player in the market, the company today highlighted that the Russian, Swedish, Dutch and Norwegian units are its “most important operations … in terms of revenue generation”.
A Tele2 spokesperson declined to comment on whether the changes, which are effective immediately, means the telco has no plans to sell the Russian unit, citing company policy.
Thomas Ekman is CEO of Tele2 Sweden, Jere Calmes CEO of Tele2 Russia, Gunther Vogelpoel CEO of Tele2 Netherlands and Arild Hustad – new to the 12-member leadership team – CEO of Tele2 Norway.
As executive VP for Central Europe and Eurasia, Niklas Sonkin has overall responsibility for operations in Austria, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Lithuania, which Tele2 said make up “smaller but important growth and cashflow generating operations”.
Commenting on the changes, Tele2 president and CEO Mats Granryd also emphasised the importance of the four key operations.
“By enabling maximum dedication and synergy within the group, the new structure fully supports our growth strategy,” he said.
Aside from Hustad’s appointment, the leadership team remains the same.
Tele2 claims to have 38 million customers in 11 countries.