4th Sep 2009 09:24
HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION S.A.
Announcement
Αthens, September 4, 2009 - The Greek full-service telecommunications provider OTE SA announces that as of September 7, 2009 Mrs Maria Rontogianni assumes the position of Chief Internal Audit Officer.
Mr Kosmas Liaros, who held the position of Chief Internal Audit Officer from 2007 to date, is leaving the company.
Short CV of Mrs Rontogianni
Mrs Maria Rontogianni holds a BA in Public Accounting and Marketing from Forham University, New York. She has worked in the auditing (in various industries), regulatory and consulting fields for fifteen years. She started off her carrier with the National Future Association, the independent regulatory authority for US time deposit transactions and options. She moved to investment banking, where she dealt with emerging markets, foreign exchange and goods market, as Vice President of JP Morgan (New York) and later on for the private bank JPM. Upon returning to Athens she worked as consultant for Andersen Consulting before assuming the position of Internal Auditor at Lamda Development (a member of the Latsis Group of companies), a listed company in the Athens Stock Exchange, which operates in the real estate market. At Lamda Development she monitored projects and procedures related to the development of the real estate market. During her last-held position (before OTE) as Chief Internal Audit and Revenues Assurance Officer at WIND Telecommunications, she headed the Internal Audit department and developed the procedures and tools necessary for Risk Management and Revenues Assurance. Throughout her carrier she has been involved with the recruitment and development of human resources.
About OTE
OTE Group is Greece's leading telecommunications organization and one of the pre-eminent players in Southeastern Europe, providing top-quality products and services to its customers.
Apart from serving as a full service telecommunications group in the Greek telecoms market, OTE Group has also expanded during the last decade its geographical footprint throughout South East Europe, acquiring stakes in the incumbent telecommunications companies of Romania and Serbia, and establishing mobile operations in Albania, Bulgaria and Romania. At present, companies in which OTE Group has an equity interest employ over 33,000 people in five countries, and our portfolio of solutions ranges from fixed and mobile telephony to Internet applications, satellite, maritime communications and consultancy services.
Listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, the company trades under the ticker HTO as well as on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker OTE. In the U.S., OTE's American Depository Receipts (ADR's) represents ½ ordinary share.
Additional Information is also available on http://www.ote.gr.
Contacts:
OTE: Dimitris Tzelepis - Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 1574, Email: [email protected]
Maria Kountouri - Assistant to the Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 5381, Email: [email protected]
Nektarios Papagiannakopoulos - Senior Financial Analyst, Investor Relations
Tel. +30 210 611 7593, Email: [email protected]
Christina Hadjigeorgiou - Financial Analyst, Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 1428, Email: [email protected]
Dimitris Tsatsanis - Financial Analyst, Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 6071, Email: [email protected]
Daria Kozanoglou - Senior Communications & Regulatory Affairs Officer,
Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 1121, Email: [email protected]
Eftychia Tourna - Communications & Regulatory Affairs Officer, Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 7236, Email: [email protected]
Eleni Agoglossaki - Communications & Regulatory Affairs Officer, Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 7880, Email: [email protected]
Forward-looking statement
Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. The factors that could affect the Company's future financial results are discussed more fully in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2008 filed with the SEC on June 30, 2009. OTE assumes no obligation to update information in this release.
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