Vodafone Group announced that Olaf Swantee is joining the operator's board as a non-executive director. At the same time the former Sunrise and EE CEO will step down from the board of Telia Company.
Swantee is expected to be confirmed at Vodafone's AGM in July. He will also become a member of Vodafone's Audit & Risk Committee.
Swantee has extensive experience of the telecommunications sector and a consistent record of creating shareholder value, Vodafone said. He was CEO of Swiss operator Sunrise Communications until last year when the company was sold to Liberty Global. Prior to that he was CEO of UK operator EE, where he led the merger of Orange UK and T-Mobile UK. Before EE, Swantee held a number of senior positions at France Telecom, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq Computer and Digital Equipment.
Swantee is also joining the Swiss retailer Mobile Zone as chairman from April. He will leave Telia after the company's AGM the same month. Swantee has previously held non-executive roles at T-Mobile US, Legal & General, Mobistar (Belgium), Mobinil and Orange Poland.
