With India's spectrum auctions just around the corner, there is a change at the top at Vodafone India. The company's COO Sunil Sood will take over from Marten Pieters as CEO and Managing Director of the company, with effect from 1 April 2015. Pieters will continue to remain on the Board of Vodafone India in a non-executive capacity. Sunil Sood's successor as Chief Operating Officer has not yet been announced. Sood had joined the company when it was still, Hutch, in 2000, and has held roles in circles such as Gujarat, Kolkata and Chennai. He had previously worked for Pepsi. Sood will be responsible for day-to-day operations and P&L management together with new business development initiatives including the launch and expansion of mobile commerce activities. Pieters steps down after being appointed to this position in February 2009, following a career that included Board-level roles with KPN, Celtel and Millicom. He remains, as Vodafone India points out, the longest serving CEO of an Indian telecom company. Vodafone India, during his tenure, doubled revenues, added more than 100 million connections, and launched data services used by more than 57 million customers. The press release Marten Pieters to step down as Vodafone India CEO; Sunil Sood appointed as successor Mumbai, 22 January 2015: The Board of Vodafone India today announced that Marten Pieters will be standing down as Managing Director and Chief Executive of Vodafone India with effect from 1 April 2015 and will be succeeded by the Vodafone India Chief Operating Officer, Sunil Sood. After that date,…
