Jeffrey Hedberg named CEO of Mobilink
VimpelCom has appointed Jeffrey Hedberg as chief executive officer of Mobilink in Pakistan.
Hedberg succeeds Rashid Khan, who has decided to retire after over 14 years working with Mobilink and banglalink. He is expected to assume his new role in early August, Vimpelcom said.
Hedberg’s previous responsibilities include acting CEO of Telkom South Africa and CEO of Telkom’s Nigerian subsidiary, Multi-Links Nigeria.
Prior to joining Telkom he was CEO of Cell C, in South Africa.
From 1999 to 2002, Jeffrey was executive vice president and member of the board of management of Deutsche Telekom, where he developed the strategy for the international division. In 2002 he was appointed CEO and chairman of Deutsche Telekom USA.
Google sales chief jumps ship to join Softbank
Longtime Google chief business officer Nikesh Arora has quit the search giant to join SoftBank this October as CEO of its newly formed internet and media operations and vice chairman of the Japanese company.
Omid Kordestani, who has led sales teams at Google for years, has replaced Arora for now, CEO Larry Page said in a blog posted on the Google+ social network.
Arora has been a senior adviser to the office of the CEO and founders, and led Google’s sales teams in the company’s early days in 1999.
He joined Google in 2004, overseeing all revenue and customer operations at Google, as well as marketing and partnerships. He also served in several posts, including development and management of Google’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Commenting on the appointment, SoftBank chief executive Masayoshi Son said that Arora “brings a rare set of skills: amazing financial and strategic acumen; a decade of executive experience at one of the fastest growing companies in history; a deep understanding of the telecommunications industry. This makes him uniquely qualified to help guide us through our next stage of growth.”
Son said Arora will work closely with him in defining, implementing and managing the group’s global growth strategy. In addition, as CEO of SIMI, Arora will be directly responsible for overseeing Softbank’s internet, telecommunications, media and global investment activities.
The company plans to nominate Arora to the SoftBank board at the next shareholders meeting, Son added.
Accenture names Janet Yap MD for Malaysia
Accenture has appointed Janet Yap as country managing director in Malaysia to enhance the consulting firm’s business in the Southeast Asia country.
Yap assumed her new role on June 1. One of the few women technology leaders in Malaysia, she is also the inclusion and diversity lead for Accenture’s Malaysia office.
Yap has been part of the Accenture team for 26 years. She built her career in systems implementation and SAP consulting through projects across the resources, products and communications, media & technology industries in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise hires APAC chief
Matthieu Destot has joined Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise as vice president of sales for Asia Pacific. He is charged with responsibility of driving growth in the APAC region and focused on addressing the increasing demand for seamless cloud-based collaboration and broader network and communication solutions across all segments and key verticals.
Previously Destot was VP of France in charge of network, communications and cloud activities in the French market across small & medium business to large corporations.
Prior to leading the sales division in France, he was the worldwide director for the France Telecom / Orange global account and held a role as marketing & business development director.