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Etisalat`s Group named Serkan Okandan Group Chief Financial Officer
Abu Dhabi, 8th December 2011 - Etisalat has appointed Serkan Okandan as a new Group Chief Financial Officer. This appointment comes amid the requirements of the new phase the company is pursuing to strengthen its position regionally and globally. Okandan is expected to join the company within a month.
Okandan is a recognized expert in regional and international telecoms. He came to Etisalat from Turkcell enriched with immense years of experiences as a Group Chief Financial Officer and as an Acting CEO to Ukraine operations in 2010.
He started his professional career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1992. Prior to his appointment as a GCFO to Turkcell, he was entrusted with the job of Group Financial Controller and Head of Reporting Division at Turkcell.
Commenting on the appointment, Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar, Etisalat's Group Chief Executive Officer said: "The appointment of Serkan Okandan as Group Chief Financial Officer is at the heart of Etisalat business to attract the best talent, and will bring further impetus to the realization of the Etisalat Group strategy to become one of the world's leading telecommunications companies.
In his first statement following the appointment, Okandan said: "I'm pleased to be selected by Etisalat as a Group Chief Financial Officer and; the entrusted confidence in me by the company to lead the group finance to the next phase. He added "It is a pretty big responsibility yet I'm glad to have chance to be part of it and excited as it's going to be an interesting journey.
Serkan Okandan is a graduate of Bosphorus University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He started his career as a senior auditor in Price Waterhouse Coopers and then worked as a Financial Controller for DHL Worldwide Express and Frito Lay before he joined Turkcell group in 2000. He is a Board member of all Turkcell domestic and international subsidiaries. Serkan Okandan is married with one child and bilingual in both Turkish and English.
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Etisalat Group Media Desk
Ms. Nahid Mudathir Hassan
Group Senior Manager Media Relations
T: +971 2 6182187
F: +971 2 6324223
E: nahelsayed@etisalat.ae
© Press Release 2011
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