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Kaan Terzioglu

Chief Executive Officer at VEON
14.1 yrs experienceTelecommunications
Jun 2021

The move

MoveTurkcell VEON
TitleChief Executive Officer
LocationIstanbul Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · Turkey United Arab Emirates
Years in UAE5.0
Total experience14.1 years
VEON headcount10,001+ employees
VEON industryTelecommunications
VEON HQDubai, United Arab Emirates
VEON typePublic Company

Career arc

  1. Chief Executive OfficerJun 2021 — Present
    VEON· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  2. Co-Chief Executive OfficerMar 2020 — Jun 2021
    VEON· Amsterdam'da· Full-time
  3. Joint Chief Operating OfficerOct 2019 — Mar 2020
    VEON
  4. Board MemberJun 2019 — Mar 2024
    Digicel Group
  5. Board MemberJun 2019 — Nov 2019
    VEON· Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  6. AdvisorMar 2019 — Oct 2021
    FastForward.ai· Member of Advisory Board
  7. Member of the BoardOct 2015 — Present
    GSMA· London, United Kingdom
  8. Chief Executive OfficerApr 2015 — Apr 2019
    Turkcell· Istanbul, Turkey
  9. Supervisory Board MemberDec 2013 — Apr 2015
    Abdi Ibrahim Pharmaceuticals· İstanbul Turkey
  10. Member Board of DirectorsFeb 2013 — Apr 2015
    Carrefour· Istanbul, Turkey
  11. Member of Board of DirectorsApr 2012 — Apr 2015
    Aksigorta· Istanbul
  12. Member of Board of DirectorsApr 2012 — Apr 2015
    Akbank· Istanbul, Turkey
  13. Member of Board of DirectorsApr 2012 — Apr 2015
    Teknosa· Istanbul, Turkey

Education

Top skills

ForecastingTechnology Enabled Business TransformationTeam ManagementGo-to-market StrategyTelecommunicationsBusiness Intelligence

About

Kaan Terzioglu is the Chief Executive Officer and a Board Member of VEON Group, the largest Nasdaq-listed company with a Dubai headquarters. In 5 markets that are home to 528 million people - Pakistan, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan - VEON Group serves more than 150 million customers on its mobile and fixed networks, and more than 140 million users across its digital services.  Terzioglu is also a Board Member of the GSMA, the mobile industry's global organization, and the Chair of the GSMA Foundation.  In 2019, Mr. Terzioglu received GSMA’s “Outstanding Contribution to the Industry” award for his leadership in defining a digital transformation model for the telecoms industry, and for his contributions to socially responsible business. Between June 2019 and M

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