Christopher Laska new GP chairman

Christopher Laska has been appointed as the new chairman of Grameenphone, according to a statement.

The decision on his appointment was taken on September 28 at the 170th board meeting of the largest mobile phone operator of Bangladesh.

Laska replaced Sigve Brekke, who took up the role of chief executive officer of Telenor Group, the parent company of GP, in August last year.

Laska is currently serving as senior vice president for board governance and partnership relations, Asia, based in Singapore. He has been with Telenor since 2000 and has served in various capacities across multiple Telenor business units in Europe and Asia.

Prior to joining Telenor Asia office in August 2016, he had served as the CEO of Telenor Hungary for five years.

A Norwegian by birth, Laska earned his Bachelor of Science with honours in business management from Bradford University Management Centre in the UK, and holds a post-graduate degree from the Chartered Institute of Marketing in London. He is married and has two children.

GP has more than 56 million subscribers.