{"id":125051,"date":"2022-11-09T13:03:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T07:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=125051"},"modified":"2022-11-09T13:03:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T07:33:24","slug":"gsma-elects-airtel-ceo-vittal-as-deputy-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/gsma-elects-airtel-ceo-vittal-as-deputy-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA elects Airtel CEO Vittal as Deputy Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>GSMA elects Airtel CEO Vittal as Deputy Chair:<\/strong> Airtel CEO<strong>\u00a0Gopal Vittal<\/strong>\u00a0was elected as deputy chair of the\u00a0<strong>Global System for Mobile communications Association (GSMA).<\/strong>\u00a0Bharti Airtel chief executive officer Gopal Vittal has been elected as the deputy chair of GSMA, a global mobile operators body. Vittal will hold the post for a two-year term starting January 1, 2023. The member companies elected 26 board members for 2023-24 which includes senior executives of mobile operators. Telefonica Group CEO Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda \u00c1lvarez-Palete L\u00f3pez continues as Chairman of the GSMA Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-november-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">November 2022 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mathew Oomen,&nbsp;president of Reliance Jio too has been elected as a board member. Vittal is the second Indian to hold a senior position in the global grouping of mobile operators. Bharti Airtel founder Sunil Mittal had held the post of GSMA chair during 2017-18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GSMA elects Airtel CEO Vittal as Deputy Chair: Airtel CEO\u00a0Gopal Vittal\u00a0was elected as deputy chair of the\u00a0Global System for Mobile communications Association (GSMA).\u00a0Bharti Airtel chief executive officer Gopal Vittal has been elected as the deputy chair of GSMA, a global mobile operators body. 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