Vodafone labels Sunil Sood as India CEO; Pieters to step down

MUMBAI: UK's telecom massive Vodafone today appointed the first Indian CEO, Sunil Sood, due to the India operations to exchange Martin Pieters who's been its leader since 2009.

Pieters, the longest serving chief executive officer of a telecom firm in the united states, will step lower from April 1 and you will be succeeded by Sood, presently COO of the company.

Pieters got over from Asim Ghosh as Vodafone-Essar CEO. Essar exited from your venture in 2011 and this past year the British business acquired the India operations completely.

"Marten has become a 2010 fantastic leader in India as well as a wise and trusted contributor over the Group in general. I look forward to utilizing Sunil to build on the successes of an enterprise widely admired with India and internationally, " UK- structured Vodafone Group's Leader Vittorio Colao said in a very statement.

Pieters has become serving Vodafone India as its taking care of director and CEO since February last year. He will stick to the board involving Vodafone India in a very non- executive capability, it said.

"Marten's term as leader has been notable by outstanding small business performance and exemplary leadership in a very highly complex sector and operating natural environment. Sunil has intensive operating experience as well as knows Vodafone India from within, " Vodafone India's chairman of the board Analjit Singh said.

Under Pieters' command, Vodafone India doubled revenues, added greater than 100 million buyers, increased market share and launched data services used by more than 57 thousand customers.

"The longest-serving leader of an Indian telecommunications company, he's led Vodafone India's participation in all of the spectrum auctions since 2009. Pieters was appointed since the chairman of the particular Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) with 2014, " the particular statement said.

Pieters successor Sood is now the Vodafone India's main operating officer and is in charge of day-to-day operations combined with new business development initiatives like launch and growth of mobile commerce activities.

Sood joined Vodafone India's forerunners business, Hutch, in 2000 and possesses held roles leading their operations in Gujarat, Kolkata as well as Chennai.

He had earlier worked for Pepsi in an array of Indian and international leadership roles.

Sood graduated which has a B Tech from IIT Delhi as well as PGDM from IIM Kolkata and is particularly a graduate of the Harvard Business University Advanced Management Method.

Sood's successor as COO is going to be announced in thanks course, the record said.