Boris Nemšić

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Boris Nemšić (born on August 17, 1957, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-Austrian businessman and the former CEO of Telekom Austria.^[1][2] From April 2009 until June 2010 he was CEO of VimpelCom.

Career

In 1980, Nemšić graduated from the University of Sarajevo with a degree in electrical engineering. In 1984, at the age of 27, Nemšić moved to Vienna.^[3] In 1990, he received his doctorate from TU Wien, where he worked at the Institute of Telecommunications as a research assistant for two years.^[4]

From 1990 until 1997, Nemšić led the department for development of mobile communication at Ascom and Bosch Telecom.^[5] In 1997, he was hired by Mobilkom Austria as Head of Network Planning. In 1998, he was appointed to lead the Croatian Mobilkom Austria subsidiary Vipnet.^[6]

In May 2000, Mobilkom Austria appointed Nemšić as General Manager of the company.^[6][1] In July 2002, he was additionally appointed COO and in 2006 CEO of Telekom Austria.^[7][8] On March 31, 2009, Nemšić resigned as CEO of Telekom Austria and Mobilkom Austria and was appointed CEO of VimpelCom in Russia.^[9][5] In June 2010, he left the company unexpectedly.^[10]

He currently holds various board member positions at the following companies: Delta Partners Group (executive board member), I-New Unified Mobile Solutions (chairman of the board), Cellwize (chairman of the board) or Frequentis AG (member of the supervisory board).^[11]

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