TPG Telecom will convey Giovanni Chiarelli into a new chief know-how officer purpose, with group CIO Rob James among three executives to go away under a sizable govt shake-up.

The telco said it experienced slash its selection of executives from 11 to 7 under the restructure.

The big transform from a know-how standpoint is a new govt that will choose manage of fastened and mobile networks, IT and digital functions.

Chiarelli – who remaining MTN South Africa final 7 days as its chief know-how and details officer of 5 decades – will stage into a recently-designed CTO purpose from January.

TPG also said that its new business functionality would be “integrated into the client unit, led by group govt for client Kieren Cooney”, and that wholesale will be led by “Jonathan Rutherford, group govt of business, federal government and wholesale.”

“As a final result of the variations, group chief details officer Rob James, group govt new business growth Craig Levy and group govt of wholesale Dan Lloyd will go away the business,” TPG Telecom said in a statement on its web-site.

TPG Telecom named Rob James as its group chief digital and details officer in August 2020, immediately after TPG and Vodafone merged in a $15 billion deal.

James experienced been Vodafone’s CIO and director of business enablement prior to that, and experienced appear to the telco group from Qantas, where by he experienced been group chief know-how officer. 

CEO and managing director Iñaki Berroeta said that James, Levy and Lloyd experienced “each built significant contributions to the business, especially through the merger formation and integration.”

“I wish them all perfectly for the upcoming,” Berroeta said.

Berroeta said that Chiarelli “not only provides international network practical experience but also know-how in consolidating IT and know-how systems.”

“By bringing networks and IT into the very same department, we will produce a better conclusion-to-conclusion know-how practical experience for our shoppers,” Berroeta said.

James exposed to iTnews again in July that TPG Telecom was taking a 5-to-ten 12 months see of its know-how landscape and investments as it digitally reworked adhering to the merger with Vodafone.

TPG Telecom’s new group govt is:

  • Main economic officer Grant Dempsey (setting up February 2022)
  • Team govt client Kieren Cooney
  • Team govt business, federal government and wholesale Jonathan Rutherford
  • Main know-how officer Giovanni Chiarelli (setting up January 2022)
  • Team govt persons practical experience Vanessa Hicks
  • Team govt lawful and external affairs and organization secretary Trent Czinner
  • Team govt consumer operations and shared companies Ana Bordeianu