Bharti Airtel’s Managing Director and CEO, Gopal Vittal, has been re-elected as Deputy Chair of the GSMA Board for the 2025-2026 time period, starting January 1, 2025. This election comes because the GSMA declares its newly elected Board of Administrators, which incorporates 26 members representing main world telecommunications corporations for a two-year time period.
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The GSMA Board has additionally elected Joss Maria Alvarez-Pallete Lopez as Chair. As GSMA Chair, Alvarez-Pallete Lopez will oversee the strategic course of the organisation, which represents the world’s cell operators and corporations within the broader cell ecosystem, the organisation stated.
GSMA Board Members for the 2025-2026 Time period
There are 26 members of the GSMA Board, together with senior representatives from world cell operators in addition to smaller impartial operators. The GSMA Board for the 2025-2026 time period contains, in alphabetical order:
- America Movil, Carlos M. Jarque, Govt Director of Company, Authorities, and Worldwide Relations
- AT&T, F Thaddeus Arroyo, Chief Technique and Growth Officer
- Bharti Airtel, Gopal Vittal, Managing Director and Chief Govt Officer
- BT (EE Ltd.), Allison Kirkby, Group CEO
- China Cellular, Gao Tongqing, Govt Vice President
- China Telecom, Li Jun, Govt Vice President
- China Unicom
- Deutsche Telekom, Dominique Leroy, Board Member for Europe
- e&, Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO
- Ethio Telecom, Frehiwot Tamru, CEO
- Globe, Ernest Lawrence Cu, President and CEO
- GSMA, Mats Granryd, Director Basic
- KDDI, Makoto Takahashi, Group CEO
- KT, Younger Shub Kim, Group CEO
- Liberty International, Mike Fries, CEO
- MTN, Ralph Mupita, Group President and CEO
- Orange, Bruno Zerbib, Chief Expertise and Innovation Officer
- Reliance Jio, Mathew Oommen, President and Member of the Board
- Telecom Argentina, Roberto Nobile, CEO
- Telefonica, Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete, Chairman & CEO
- Telenor, Benedicte Fasmer, President and Group CEO Elect
- TIM, Pietro Labriola, Group CEO and Basic Supervisor
- Turkcell, Ali Taha Koc, CEO
- Veon, Kaan Terzioglu, Group CEO and Board member of VEON Group
- Verizon, Joe Russo, EVP & President of International Networks and Expertise
- Vodafone, Margherita Della Valle, Group CEO
As Deputy Chair, Gopal Vittal will play an important position in steering the GSMA’s strategic initiatives and addressing the evolving challenges within the cell panorama.
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GSMA Affiliation
The GSMA (GSM Affiliation) is a world organisation that represents the pursuits of cell operators worldwide. Representing cell operators and organisations throughout the cell ecosystem and adjoining industries, the GSMA says it delivers for its members throughout three broad pillars: Connectivity for Good, Trade Companies and Options, and Outreach.
