Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) has expanded its board of directors. The new members include Feliks Evtushenkov and Alexey Buyanov as directors and Vikram Kaushik, former MD & CEO, Tata Sky and Bharat Patel, chairman, Indian Society of Advertisers as independent directors.
Feliks Evtushenkov has been with Sistema for over a decade and has worked in numerous roles including strategy and marketing. In his current assignment, he is the first vice president and the head of the core assets business unit of Sistema JSFC. Alexey Buyanov joined Sistema in 1994 and has worked in numerous group companies. He has also served as vice president of MTS from 1998 to 2002. Buyanov is currently the senior VP and CFO of Sistema JSFC.
Vikram Kaushik brings with him over 32 years of experience in consumer sales and marketing. Bharat Patel was the CMD and non executive chairman of P&G India Limited for six and nine years respectively. Currently he is on the boards of Yes Bank Limited, Sasken Communication Technologies Limited, Wockhardt Limited and NESCO Limited.
With these appointments, the SSTL board now includes 13 members. In compliance with the Indian telecom licensing norms the SSTL board now has seven Indian and six foreign nationals.
