Kim Ignatius to leave TeliaSonera (Finland)Nordic operator’s chief financial officer quits after eight years to return to Finland.
TeliaSonera’s chief financial officer Kim Ignatius is leaving to take up a similar post in his native Finland, the Nordic telecoms operators announced on Wednesday.
Ignatius is one of the few remaining top-level ex-Sonera employees at TeliaSonera. Formerly finance chief at the Finnish incumbent, he retained his post when the company merged with Sweden’s national operator Telia in 2002.
51-year-old Ignatius will join Helsinki-based media group SanomaWSOY as chief financial officer at an as yet unspecified date.
“The past eight years in the company have been exciting and rewarding. I see my new position as an interesting opportunity to utilize and build on the experience from telecommunications, but also as a chance for further personal development,” Ignatius said in a statement.
Ignatius’ work at TeliaSonera was praised by new company president and chief executive Lars Nyberg, who highlighted his “important contributions to TeliaSonera in a time of major changes.”
Nyberg joined TeliaSonera last summer, relieving Ignatius of the acting CEO role he had undertaken since the apparently acrimonious departure of Anders Igel in June.
TeliaSonera has yet to comment on a possible replacement for Ignatius.
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