VEON, the parent group of Jazz, today announced the appointment of Kaan Terzioğlu and Sergi Herrero as joint Chief Operating Officers of the VEON Group.
Sergi joined VEON on September 1st 2019 from Facebook and Kaan will join on November 1st 2019.
Kaan Terzioğlu served as Turkcell’s Chief Executive Officer from April 2015 until March 2019. While there, he led the company’s successful transformation. Before joining Turkcell, Kaan held global managerial roles at Cisco and Arthur Andersen, working across Europe and the United States.
Kaan previously served on the GSMA Board, GSMA Foundation Board and the Advisory Board of the World Economic Forum’s Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Sergi Herrero, before joining VEON in September this year, was Facebook’s Global Director of Payments and Commerce Partnerships, where he oversaw the launch and growth of payment and commerce capabilities for Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram.
Sergi has also led the deployment of Charitable Giving, the scaling and optimisation of the Facebook Ads payments business and drove the expansion of the platform’s global marketplace. Before joining Facebook in 2014, he held several senior roles in technology, banking and consulting.
Commenting on the appointments, Ursula Burns, VEON’s Chairman and CEO, said: “The pairing of Kaan and Sergi creates a formidable combination for VEON with each bringing complementary skills and experience. Together they will work to accelerate the delivery of our strategy and reflect the continued strengthening of our senior leadership team.”
Kaan joins as a member of VEON’s Group Executive Committee and reports to the Chairman and CEO, Ursula Burns, and will focus on executing the transformation of the core connectivity business.
Sergi will continue as Chief Operating Officer, focused on developing new revenue streams and is a member of the Group Executive Committee. As Co-COOs, Kaan and Sergi will jointly drive the growth agenda of accelerating VEON’s core connectivity business while developing new high growth adjacent digital revenues and venture businesses.
Kjell Johnsen, the current Group Chief Operating Officer, will step down from his position on November 1st 2019 but will continue to support the group as an adviser.
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Appointment of Honorable Kaan Terzioglu and Sergi Herrero as joint COO of the august VEON Group for Pakistan with a vision to be the first for 5G revolution technology, Broadband accession in Pakistan and related regional markets with bilateral accessions of technology. Welcome to Pakistan and CEPAC.
Appointment of Honorable Kaan Terzioglu and Sergi Herrero as joint COO of the august VEON Group for Pakistan with a vision to be the first for 5G revolution technology, Broadband accession in Pakistan and related regional markets with bilateral accessions of technology. Welcome to Pakistan and CEPAC.
Kaan joins as a member of VEON’s Group Executive Committee and reports to the Chairman and CEO, Ursula Burns, and will focus on executing the transformation of the core connectivity business. Sergi will continue as Chief Operating Officer, focused on developing new revenue streams and is a member of the Group Executive Committee. As Co-COOs, Kaan and Sergi will jointly drive the growth agenda of accelerating VEON’s core connectivity business while developing new high growth adjacent digital revenues and venture businesses.