VimpelCom has announced staff changes in the Technical Business Unit block "Russia"

Operator VimpelCom has announced the appointment Kjersti Wiklund as vice president of operational support business unit "Russia." Prior to that, Kjersti held the position of vice president and technical director of Kyivstar and member of the board "Kyivstar." Given the market conditions and increased competition, Kjersti in her new role will be responsible for developing and applying best practices associated with the creation of an effective organization in the technical unit . In its submission will be divisions responsible for network development, technological development and the IT unit. One of the major challenges facing Kjersti will accelerate deployment and provide the strongest on the market of technical and IT platforms that enable the company to take a leading position in the segment of mobile data services. Kjersti - highly professional manager with extensive experience in international telecommunications, expert Strategic network development. Prior to joining Kyivstar Kjersti Wiklund has worked as executive vice president and technical director in the company of DiGi Telecommunications (Malaysia). Kjersti was previously executive vice president and director of information technology in Telenor Nordic and Telenor Norway. Kjersti is a master of Electronics (Technical University of Chalmers'), and Master of Business Management (Norwegian School of Management.) Previously combined function of information technology management and technical unit in Russia led by Vladimir Filippov. Currently, he went to work at the headquarters of the holding in Amsterdam and holds the position of the head of the Integration Office (Integration officer) and CIO (Chief Information Officer) VimpelCom Ltd.. The objectives of Vladimir as a leader of the Integration Office will include a practical project management for the integration of the combined group: formation of an effective model of the global organization of optimal alignment and unified business processes, policies and procedures in order to achieve the previously announced synergies. The area of jurisdiction of Vladimir, as Director of Information Technology Holding Company will include IT strategy, architecture, IT systems and VAS-platforms, building a global IT organization.