Vikas Grover has joined Avanti Communications Group as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Grover was recently the founding Chief Information Officer at OneWeb, where he led Global Networks, IT Platforms and Security. Before OneWeb, he was the CIO and EVP Technology Planning at Vodafone India.

Avanti CEO Kyle Whitehill, “I am delighted to welcome Vikas to Avanti. Vikas is an accomplished Leader in the Telecoms field with a background including Mobile and Satellite organisations. He is also a highly regarded people leader and I have no doubt he will make an excellent addition to Avanti and our Executive Committee. I would also like to recognise Scott Richardson’s contribution to Avanti over his 15 years tenure, we wish him the very best for the future.”

Avanti is a partner to the communications industry, connecting over 1.7 billion people across 118 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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