Nizar Bouguila has been appointed by GO’s new majority shareholder, Tunisie Telecom, as the chairman, taking over from Tecom-appointed chairman Deepak Padmanabhan.
A number of other non-executive directors relinquished their posts besides Mr Padmanabhan: Norbert Prihoda, Brigitte Zammit, Nikhil Patil and James Kinsella. They were replaced by Sofiane Antar, Jamel Sakka, Faker Hnid and Philippe Jean Montourcier.
Mr Bouguila is the CEO of Tunisie Telecom and, prior to that, worked with the France Telecom-Orange Group, Orange Business Services (formerly Equant) and SITA, the leading telecommunication provider for airlines and the travel community.