Arun Seth to join Alcatel-Lucent India as chairman


Alcatel-Lucent India announced the appointment of Arun
Seth as chairman of Alcatel-Lucent India.  In this role, Arun will work
closely with Rajeev Singh-Molares, president-APAC on overall APAC and India
strategy. He will also advise Munish Seth, president and managing
director, Alcatel-Lucent India to steward the India region to consistent value
creation over short, medium and long term.

 

Arun Seth will continue in his current role as the
non-executive chairman of BT India, with whom he has been associated since
1995, when he set up BT’s first India office. Before BT, Arun held several
senior leadership roles at the UB Group and HCL.

 

Apart from his corporate roles, Arun holds advisory
positions across a number of distinguished organizations such as, the executive
committee of NASSCOM, member of advisory board at TERI, board of governor’s for
Helpage India, among others. 

 

Arun brings us over 30 years of diverse business
experience. I look forward for his guidance in helping Alcatel-Lucent be a
transformative player in the converging IT & Telecom industry in
India,” said Rajeev Singh-Molares, president of Alcatel Lucent APAC.

 

Alcatel-Lucent is an industry leader with an
outstanding talent pool and a proud history of innovation.  It’s an honour
to join its India leadership team and have the opportunity to build on and
contribute further to its success,” Arun Seth said.

 

By TelecomLead.com Team
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