TeliaSonera
appointed Sverker Hannervall as acting president of Business Area Mobility
Services. He will assume the position with immediate effect and remain in his
current position as member of Group Management and head of Business Services.
He succeeds Tero Kivisaari who will take on other duties in the
Group. The company said Kivisaari’s role in TeliaSonera’s criticised
investments in Uzbekistan, and the attention surrounding them, "has made
it impossible for him to act with the internal and external authority necessary
for the president of the largest business area of TeliaSonera".
An independent report
commissioned by the operator had earlier cleared it of any wrongdoing in
Uzbekistan, but said its business practices and procedures had not lived up to
the highest standards. TeliaSonera said the shortcomings "were, to a great
extent, a consequence of inadequate procedures and controls", and it's now
working on strengthening governance. The Uzbekistan case remains under investigation
by the Swedish public prosecutor.
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