TeliaSonera refreshes management team

European operator group TeliaSonera has announced a refreshed executive management team following the dismissal of four senior executive members earlier in December.

The operator’s board has announced 12 new positions, to be filled by a mix of external and internal candidates.  Two vacancies remain in the new management team, the operator said, while one has an interim executive in place. The operator will confirm the permanent team by April 1^st, 2013.

The operator announced the executive management team as follows:

The group also said that it will change its operating model to increase local accountability, also effective April 1^st. The announcement follows the ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption involving operations in Uzbekistan.

“The countries will be the leading dimension in this new operating model, which is where we interact with the customers,” said Johan Dennelind, president and CEO of TeliaSonera.

“We remove the business area layer from the existing organization. Instead we strengthen the local operations and the mandate for Group functions to drive strategic questions and improve governance. We believe this model will enable us to offer our customers a better service at the same time as it clarifies accountability for our performance.”

The country structure will be grouped in three geographic areas; Europe, Eurasia and Sweden.