The GSMA has elected new members of the GSMA Board of Directors for a two-year term beginning 1 January 2023 through 31 December 2024.
The GSMA Board has also elected Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete Lopez CEO of Telefonica Group, as Chair, and Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel Group as Deputy Chair.
As GSMA Chair, Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete López will oversee the strategic direction of the organization, which represents the world’s mobile operators and companies in the broader mobile ecosystem.
GSMA Board Members for the 2023-2024 Term
There are 26 members of the GSMA Board. Members include senior representatives from global mobile operators as well as smaller independent operators. The GSMA Board for the 2023-2024 term includes, in alphabetical order:
Carlos M. Jarque, Executive Director, International Relations, Government & Corporate Affairs, America Movil Group
Igal Elbaz, Senior Vice President, Network CTO, AT&T Group
Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, CEO Telecommunications Business & Joint Acting Group CEO, Axiata Group
Gopal Vittal, CEO, Bharti Airtel Group
Gao Tonqing, Executive Vice President, China Mobile Communications Group
Li Jun, Executive Vice President, China Telecom Group
China Unicom
Dominique Leroy, Board Member for Europe, Deutsche Telekom Group
Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO, e& Group
Frehiwot Tamru, CEO, Ethio Telecom
Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA
Makoto Takahashi, President and Group CEO, KDDI
Hyeonmo Ku, President & CEO, KT
Jens Schulte-Bokum, COO, MTN Group
Michaël Trabbia, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Orange Group
Mathew Oommen, President & Member of Board of Directors, Reliance Jio
Yuen Kuan Moon, Group CEO, Singtel
Olayan M. Alwetaid, Group CEO, STC
Roberto Daniel Nobile, CEO, Telecom Argentina SA
Pietro Labriola, Group CEO and General Manager, Telecom Italia
Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete Lopez, CEO, Telefonica Group
Sigve Brekke, President and Group CEO, Telenor
Vicki Brady, Group CEO, Telstra
Kaan Terzioglu, Group CEO, Veon
Rima Qureshi, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Verizon
Ahmed Essam, CEO, Vodafone UK, Vodafone Group
