Thanasis Katsiroubas - new CEO of Vip Mobile

(Thanasis Katsiroubas)

Thanasis Katsiroubas, a well-experienced mobile communications manager at international level, will succeed Alexander Sperl as the new CEO of Vip mobile.

Alexander Sperl - who has acted as the CEO of Vip mobile for the past three years – will, as of August 2010, become Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of the new domestic subsidiary A1 Telekom Austria resulting from the merger of the former group’s domestic operations.

Thanasis Katsiroubas, a native Greek, has been working in the industry for the past 15 years, gaining extensive experience at several mobile operators in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Thanasis Katsiroubas was, among other things, CEO of Globul, the second largest mobile operator in Bulgaria.

Thanasis Katsiroubas was raised and educated in the USA. He holds two technical degrees from the Northeastern University in Boston as well as an MBA.

(Petra Stangl)

At the end of April 2010, Petra Stangl, former Head of Marketing, was appointed CMO of Vip mobile and joined the board team of the successful Serbian mobile operator.

Petra Stangl studied business administration at the University of Regensburg and social and economic sciences at the University of Innsbruck. She started her career at Mobilkom Austria as senior CRM manager within the residential customer segment.

A1 Srbija d.o.o. Beograd

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