ABU DHABI: Etisalat Group named Serkan Okandan as the deputy chief executive officer of Etihad Etisalat ‘Mobily’, a telecom operator in Saudi Arabia.

Okandan will also continue his duties as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Etisalat Group.

Okandan joined Etisalat in January 2012 as the group CFO, and he represents Etisalat in boards in Pakistan, Morocco, and Nigeria. Before that, he held the position of group CFO for Turkcell, which operates in Turkey, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.