CEO Today Europe Awards

29 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today Europe Awards 2018 france JEAN-YVES CHARLIER FIRM PROFILE Our journey, strategy, leadership and corporate governance: How we grew to become one of the world’s largest communications and internet providers. From entrepreneurial beginnings as a startup, VEON has grown into an international telecommunications and technology business with more than 240 million customers and the ability to serve more than 10% of the world’s population. We place our customers at the center of our universe, they are the reason we strive to be pioneers and the reason we innovate. They fuel our ambition to bring the digital world to each and every customer. We believe in creating services that deliver opportunity and enable them to live richer lives. We capture ideas and innovations through our global hubs and direct them to where their potential is greatest – becoming more than the sum of our parts, a global business serving an increasingly interconnected world. Our culture is inspired by our heritage as a technology pioneer and fueled by constant desire to serve our customers. We believe in transparency and this guides the way we do business from operating to high standards of corporate governance and sustainability, to deliver the best products for our customers. VEON is a NASDAQ and Euronext Amsterdam listed global provider of connectivity, with the ambition to lead the personal internet revolution for the 240 million+ customers it currently serves, and many more in the years to come. The Company was founded more than 25 years ago and since that time has significantly extended its global reach, serving the markets of tomorrow. Operations VEON is an international communications and technology company driven by a vision to unlock new opportunities for our customers as they navigate the digital world. Present in some of the world’s most dynamic markets, VEON provides more than 240 million customers with voice, fixed broadband, data and internet services. VEON’s heritage as a pioneer in technology is the driving force behind a major transformation focused on bringing the digital world to each and every customer. Brands VEON offers services to customers in 12 markets including Russia, Italy, Algeria, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia and Georgia. VEON operates under the “Beeline”, “Kyivstar”, “WIND 3”, “Jazz”, “banglalink”, and “Djezzy” brands. Shares VEON is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and Euronext Amsterdam under the symbol “VEON”. Businesses VEON’s reporting structure is divided into three business units – Major markets (Russia and Italy), Emerging Markets and Eurasia, all of which report to the Company’s headquarters in Amsterdam. ABOUT JEAN-YVES CHARLIER Jean-Yves Charlier was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VEON (former VimpelCom) in April 2015. Prior to his appointment, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive of SFR, the second largest telecom operator in France, up to the end of 2014. Leading up to his role at SFR, Jean-Yves was Head of Telecoms and a member of the Vivendi Management Board where he developed and led the strategy for the demerger of SFR in a €17 billion transaction with cable operator Numericable. From 2007 to 2012, he was Chief Executive of Promethean, an interactive learning company, and from 2004 to 2007 he headed up Colt, an alternative carrier in Europe. He started his career with Wang in France and also held senior executive positions with Equant and BT Global Services. Jean- Yves has served on the board of several other listed companies including Activision Blizzard and Vivendi. Jean-Yves holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. CEO of VEON Ltd