VEON Ltd. (Amsterdam), the global provider of communications and Internet services with more than 240 million customers, has authorized the incumbent president of Ukraine’s largest mobile operator Kyivstar, Peter Chernyshov, to manage the Eurasia business unit. “Chernyshov, being the head of the Eurasia business unit, will be responsible for the VEON business in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, remaining the president of Kyivstar, one of the most successful operating companies in VEON Group,” the report reads.
VEON noted Chernyshov has a great international experience of work at high management posts. In particular, he had headed Carlsberg Ukraine for several years. Later he became vice president responsible for Carlsberg Group’s work in six countries of Eastern Europe. According to the group, this staff reshuffle was made within the framework of transformation of the corporate structure aimed at creating a balanced distribution of roles and tasks between the headquarters and operating companies.
