TELEKOM Brunei Berhad (TelBru) announced the appointment of the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, David Holliday, whose tenure came into effect November 1, 2017.
According to a press release, the seasoned CEO carries 35 years of experience in the telecommunications and ICT industries that encompasses all aspects of operations. Among his previous roles include CEO Orange in the Netherlands, CEO Zain (Zambia) PLC; CEO MobiCom, Executive Vice President Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co (Du) Lanka Bell, Sri Lanka as founder shareholder and managing director.
Throughout his career, David Holliday had been successful in several areas of development for the respective companies he has served. This includes the financial turnaround of France Telcom assets in Europe; rejuvenation of an ailing state-owned operator in Uganda following the lifting of UN sanctions; restructuring Zain Zambia and successful financial turnaround and tripled share-price in 24 months; and was founding team-member of Du in the United Arab Emirates that went on to become the most successful IPO in the Middle East which was 180 times oversubscribed.
Prior to his appointment in Brunei, David Holliday was with Mongolia’s MobiCom Group LLC (KDDI and Sumitomo Corp of Japan) as CEO, and Mongol Content as CEO and chairman, where he facilitated the unification of eight MobiCom-owned companies, into one efficient company with a new culture that kept the company the number one leading operator in Mongolia, won Bloomberg’s best 2016 company award, and was consistently in the top five corporate tax-payers in Mongolia.
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