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Tele2 Announces Senior Leadership Change, Niklas Sonkin Becomes New COO

Tele2 Announces Senior Leadership Change, Niklas Sonkin Becomes New COO Image Credit: Tele2

Tele2 has announced a reorganization as part of its cost-saving programme announced last year. Under the plan, Niklas Sonkin, currently Executive Vice President, Market Area Director, Eurasia & acting CTIO becomes Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer. He will oversee all CTIO and Shared Operations for the Group, and maintains responsibility for Kazakhstan and Germany.

The reorganiztion will also see Lars Torstensson, currently Executive Vice President, Communications & Strategy becoming Executive Vice President, New Growth & Strategy. This will also see Anders Olsson, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer becoming Executive Vice President for Strategic Projects. 

Allison Kirkby, CEO of Tele2 AB
Within the framework of the Challenger Program we have analyzed and evaluated our internal way of working and come to the conclusion that a Leadership Team reorganization is necessary in order to increase our customer focus and to fully leverage Group knowledge and scale efficiencies.

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