In New Delhi: Tata Communications has announced the appoinment of Vinod Kumar as the new Managing Director and CEO of the company. He replaces N Srinath who has been appointed as the MD & CEO at Tata Teleservices and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra). These changes would be effective February 1, 2011. Srinath will continue to be a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Tata Communications and some of its subsidiary/associate companies such as Neotel.
Kumar joined Tata Communications in April 2004, just when the company was embarking on its international growth. He was closely associated with the acquisitions of TGN and Teleglobe and assumed responsibility as Managing Director of the companys international operations. Subsequently, he was promoted as the Chief Operating Officer, and currently manages the Global Data Business Unit as well as the Engineering and Operations functions. Mr. Kumar has been at the forefront of Tata Communications shift away from traditional network services towards managed services and recently, cloud computing.
A graduate from BITS, Pilani, Vinod Kumar has over 20 years of experience in the global telecom industry. Mr. Kumar said, Srinath has been a great leader and motivating force for Tata Communications; I look forward to working closely with him in his new role. Tata Communications vision of a new world of communications resonates well with what our customers are seeking in the current, rapidly changing environment. It will be a great honour for me to lead the highly capable team at Tata Communications towards this vision.
Srinath joined Tata Communications (then known as VSNL) in 2002 as Director (Operations) when the Tata Group was selected as the strategic partner at the company. He was appointed as the Managing Director & CEO in February 2007. Under his leadership, Tata Communications has transformed from a monopoly, public sector undertaking into a global communications services provider offering advanced network, managed and cloud services to customers worldwide. It has been the most exciting and challenging period of my life; I am happy that today Tata Communications has built the assets, capabilities and reputation to be regarded as a global challenger. I am confident that under Vinods leadership Tata Communications will achieve greater success, said Srinath.
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