WIND Mobile today announced that it has a new CEO. Pietro Cordova who was the company’s Chief Operating Officer today became its Chief Executive Officer. Former CEO Tony Lacavera will stay on as Chairman and will have “an active role at the board level, including working with the company on business planning and strategy and continuing to advocate for WIND Mobile in Canada.”
“As an entrepreneur, my vision was to ignite change across the wireless landscape in Canada, bringing more competition, better prices and superior service to Canadians,” said Lacavera, “and that is exactly what we did. WIND Mobile is on a solid profitable growth track, and I am confident Pietro will bring the same strong leadership to the WIND CEO position that he has demonstrated successfully over the past two years as COO.”
“It has been a pleasure working with Tony for the last two years and I look forward to continue working with him in his new capacity at WIND,” said Cordova. “WIND 2.0 is on solid ground, and I look forward to providing my ongoing support and leadership to the organization as we enter a very exciting phase in the life of WIND.”
The move follows last month’s announcement that Globalive Capital was buying out Dutch-based VimpelCom’s stake in the Canadian carrier with the backing of a number of financial partners that include West Face Capital, Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LG Capital Investors, Serruya Private Equity, and Novus Wireless Communications.
Cordova joined WIND Mobility back in 2012. He had been with Italy’s Wind Telecomunicazioni previously.
At last count, WIND Mobile has over 750,000 “happy” subscribers.
Source : WIND Mobile