What is the People's Choice Award?
The People’s Choice Award recognises the outstanding achievements of upcoming professionals and executives working across mobile and fixed markets. The shortlist is decided by our industry experts, but the winner is decided by the public within the telco community. The nominee with the most votes from the industry will be crowned the champion across each of our 4 categories!
This year’s categories have been announced:
CTO of the Year Criteria
A CTO who is leading the way in the transformation of the telecoms industry through technology investment, innovation and development across mobile and fixed.
Woman of the Year Criteria
A woman at the executive level, who is leading the way and demonstrating excellence in leadership within her organisation.
Chief Sustainability Officer of the Year Criteria
An individual that embraces sustainable practices in daily operations and leads the charge across the industry to develop sustainability targets, policies and pathways.
Cloud CEO of the Year
A leader who drives innovation not only in their company, but for the whole industry: from enterprises to telcos. Cloud CEO of the Year has a strong focus on launching new services, developing and implementing new technologies, growth and customer experience to lead the industry transformation.
NOMINATION CRITERIA
The following criteria has been used by our in-house industry experts when identifying a nominee:
- Nominees need to have worked within the telecoms industry for 5+ years.
- Nominees are required to work for an operator with a strong community connection and be at the forefront of ESG.
- The organisation is deemed to have made a positive contribution to sustainability.
- The nominee has had a positive impact within the telecoms community and made a significant contribution to society.
2022 WINNERS
TELCO RISING STAR OF THE YEAR 2022
Haithem Alfaraj, SVP Technology & Operations, STC
TELCO EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR 2022
Volodymyr Lutchenko, Chief Technology Officer, Київстар/Kievstar
TELCO WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2022
Antonietta Mastroianni, Chief Digital & IT Officer, Proximus
