Really ... Thursday 13 February ??? Who checks these...

Really ... Thursday 13 February ??? Who checks these announcements ??? It's Thursday 14th February ?? OR Wednesday 13th February - Take your pick !!! But it ain't Thursday 13th February 2019 that's for sure ??? ... and an organisation as large as Telstra should have "checks" in place to ensure mistakes like these don't occur

Anyway I am happy with the appointment nonetheless  


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European telco executive Eelco Blok to join Telstra Board

Thursday 13 February 2019 – Telstra Board Chairman John Mullen today announced the appointment of experienced European telecommunications executive Eelco Blok as a non-executive Director of the Telstra Board. Mr Blok has almost 35 years’ telecommunications experience at Dutch-based landline and mobile telecommunications company, KPN, where he was CEO for seven years until April last year.

He started his career in Finance at KPN before becoming responsible for several businesses including Carrier Services, Corporate Networks and Network Operations.

In 2006 he was appointed a member of the KPN Board of Management, where he was consecutively responsible for the Fixed Division, Business Market – Wholesale - Operations and Mobile International. He was appointed CEO in April 2011.

From 2011 to 2017 Mr Blok was co-chairman of the Dutch National Cyber Security Council, an advisory body of the Dutch government. He was also a Director for the international association GSMA from 2017 – April 2018.

Mr Mullen said he was delighted to welcome to the Board such an experienced executive who understood the challenges currently faced by telecommunications companies around the world. “At KPN, in his role as CEO, Eelco led significant change programs resulting in value uplift for all stakeholders. Improvements included strengthening their market positions and balance sheet, improving NPS and achieving top quartile employee engagement,” said Mr Mullen.