Vodafone Malta has redesigned its organisational structure to provide additional focus on the different segments of the business and to better support its business strategy in ever-changing market conditions.
Vodafone’s marketing and commercial departments have now been restructured into three sections – the Enterprise and Wholesale Unit, Consumer Business Unit and Commercial Operations Unit. They are represented directly on the company’s executive committee by their respective heads.
The reorganisation brings Malta in line with Vodafone’s global organisational model.
Joseph Cuschieri has recently relinquished his position of chief commercial officer to pursue long-time plans to set up his own advisory services practice. He will temporarily head the Enterprise and Wholesale Business Unit and will remain with Vodafone until May.
Mr Cuschieri was chief commercial officer since October 2007 and was previously Vodafone’s head of public policy and affairs.
His affiliation with Vodafone is not likely to end next May, however. Apart from being engaged with Vodafone in an advisory role immediately after May 31, he has also been appointed director on the board of Arabia Mobile Services, a mobile network virtual operator in Milan. The company is owned by Vodafone Egypt and provides mobile telephony services for the Egyptian community in Italy.
Vodafone’s Consumer Business Unit will now be headed by Sandro Pisani, who returned to Vodafone Malta after an 18-month stint with Vodafone Egypt where he sat on the executive committee as strategy director. During this time Mr Pisani was also CEO and director of Arabia Mobile Service.
Before moving to Egypt, Mr Pisani had been with Vodafone Malta for 10 years and occupied several roles including chief strategy officer and head of technology.
Customer operations manager Michael Coney has been promoted to head of the Commercial Operations unit. Mr Coney has a corporate finance background and has been working with Vodafone Malta for the past eight years, two of which in the UK as commercial marketing manager working with Vodafone Group. Mr Coney will now join the company’s executive committee.
Vodafone Malta chief executive Balesh Sharma described these changes as very exciting opportunities for a good number of Vodafone’s team members.
“These people are role models who have concentrated heavily on their career development,” he said. “Over the years, they have been very open to many changes and opportunities that Vodafone provides to further their knowledge and experience.
“It is a pleasure to see how people can move from one company to another within Vodafone and how, ultimately, local talent is always appreciated and valued.”