Kyivstar shareholders at an extraordinary meeting on April 28, 2020 made staff changes in the company’s supervisory board.
According to the company, in particular, Yogesh Sanjeev Malik (VEON Chief Technology Officer) and Kirkgez Murat (VEON Group Deputy Chief Financial Officer) were reappointed for three years.
In addition, the company’s shareholders included Alex Kazbegi (VEON Group Chief Strategy Officer), Sergi Herrero (VEON Group Co-Chief Executive Officer) and Kaan Terzioğlu (VEON Group Co-Chief Executive Officer, Board Chairman of Russia’s VimpelCom, previously was the chief executive officer of Turkcell).
At the same time, the shareholders dismissed the head of the supervisory board and removed Kjell Morten Johnsen from the board, and also removed Jacky (Morrissey) Simmonds (VEON Group Chief People Manager) from the supervisory board.
Kyivstar is the largest Ukrainian telecommunications operator. It provides communications and data transfer services based on a wide range of mobile and fixed technologies, including 3G. By the end of 2018, its services were used by about 26.4 million mobile subscribers and about 900,000 fixed Internet customers.