Azerfon LLC announced today that Kent McNeley, the Chief Executive Officer for the past four years, has decided to leave the Company, effective 31 August 2016, to pursue new ambitions.
During his tenure as Chief Executive, Azerfon was the fastest growing mobile operator in Azerbaijan, both in terms of Revenue and Subscriber growth. The company also announced that Klaus Mueller is to be appointed as a new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Klaus Mueller currently serves Deutsche Telekom in a Chief Operating Officer role of their division of foreign mobile and fixed operations in 12 European countries.
Commenting on his departure, Mr. McNeley stated, “I am extremely pleased to have served as Chief Executive of Azerfon for the past few years. I am very proud of the results that we achieved and the strong growth of the Company. The leadership team and personnel of the Company are extremely talented, and I know that they will continue to have great success in the future, under Klaus’ leadership.”
Georgios Koronias, the Chairman of Azerfon’s Board of Directors, added the following, “Kent and his team have done an outstanding job of leading Azerfon. While we are very sorry to see him leave, we will surely miss him and wish him the best of success in his future endeavors. We thank him deeply for his leadership of Azerfon.” Mr. Koronias further said the appointment of Klaus will mark a new chapter of dynamic leadership for Azerfon. His experience in value creation from many different markets will be instrumental for us. As Chairman of Azerfon’s Board of Directors I look forward to supporting Klaus as our new CEO.
Klaus Mueller, PhD, stated, “I am honored and excited to join Azerfon. Kent has grown the business in Azerbaijan excellently. Growth and profitability is critical for long-term success. I’d like to ask everyone to work hand-in-hand in continuing Azerfon’s success to the benefit of our customers, society and shareholders.”
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