Leading UAE-based telecommunications company, Etisalat, has appointed Serkan Okandan as the new group chief financial officer.

The appointment comes amid the requirements of a new phase the company is pursuing to strengthen its position regionally and globally. Okandan is expected to join the company within a month, a statement from the company said.

He came to Etisalat after years of working with Turkcell as the group chief financial officer and as an acting CEO to Ukraine operations in 2010, the statement said.

Prior to his appointment as a GCFO to Turkcell, he was entrusted with the job of group financial controller and head of reporting division at Turkcell. – TradeArabia News Service