Airtel names Uninor veteran Jinesh Hegde as CEO of Sri Lanka biz

Bharti Airtel has appointed Uninor veteran Jinesh Hegde as chief executive officer of its Sri Lanka operations.

Jinesh, who will replace Suren Goonewardene, will report to Ajai Puri, director – Market Operations (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel.

Suren Goonewardene has been re-designated as non-executive chairman of Airtel Lanka.

Prior to joining Airtel, Jinesh worked with Uninor, a subsidiary of Telenor Group.

Airtel Lanka’s 3G presence is across 70 percent of its network.

editor@telecomlead.com

Latest

More like this
Related

Telecom news: India’s testing rules, BSNL, SpaceX, Metronet, GoFibre

Today’s telecom news include briefs on India’s Telecom Testing...

Airtel leads telecom growth with strong revenue, ARPU gains

Bharti Airtel continues to demonstrate outstanding growth in the...

India’s Vodafone Idea bailout: A risky precedent and a burden on taxpayers

The Indian government’s decision to convert Vodafone Idea’s (Vi)...

Why big Capex in telecoms is coming to an end?

Caroline Gabriel, Partner and expert in network and cloud...