26th Oct 2011 14:46
ANNOUNCEMENT
NEW MEMBER IN OTE'S BoD
ATHENS, Greece - October 26, 2011 - Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (ASE: HTO, OTC MARKET: HLTOY) announces that its non executive BoD member Mr. Roland Mahler has submitted his resignation. Following the submitted resignation, OTE's Board of Directors' meeting, held today, elected Ms Claudia Nemat as new member of the BoD, in replacement of Mr. Roland Mahler, for the rest of the latter's tenure, until the date of the Ordinary Shareholders' General Meeting of 2012 and with the same capacity.
Short CV of Ms Claudia Nemat
Claudia Nemat, born in 1968, has been a member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG since October 2011 and is responsible for the Board area Europe.
Before joining Deutsch Telekom, Claudia Nemat spent 17 years working for the consultancy McKinsey&Company. In her last position there, she was responsible for the high-tech sector in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In addition, Claudia Nemat was responsible for projects in the fields of information and communication technology integration (ICT), sustainable IT, as well as medical technology for international companies. As a consultant, Claudia Nemat also worked on corporate leadership and performance culture as well as on questions regarding the influence of diversity on a company's performance.
Claudia Nemat studied physics at the University of Cologne, where she also once taught at the department of theoretical physics and mathematics.
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 about 29,000 people in four countries, and our portfolio of solutions ranges from fixed and mobile telephony to Internet applications, satellite, maritime communications and consultancy services.
OTE shares are listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, and the London Stock Exchange (in the form of GDRs). Following their delisting from the NYSE in September 2010, the company's ADRs trade in the US OTC market. OTE's American Depositary Receipts (ADR's) represent 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]
Kostas Maselis - Senior Financial Analyst, Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 7593, Email: [email protected]
Sofia Ziavra - Financial Analyst, Investor Relations
Tel: +30 210 611 8190, 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 2010 filed with the SEC on June 17, 2011. OTE assumes no obligation to update information in this release.
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