Augie K Fabela II is the Chairman of the Board and Founder of VEON. He also serves as Chair of the Remuneration and Governance Committee and a Member of the Audit and Risk Committee. 

Mr. Fabela has been an independent director of VEON since June 2022. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of VEON from June 2011 to December 2012, and previously from 1994 to 2001, when the Company went public on the NYSE. Mr. Fabela is also the Founder and Executive Chairman of FastForward.ai, an E-commerce-as-a-Service company, and a Board director and member of the Finance Committee at Shareability, a brand performance agency, since 2019. Mr. Fabela is a proven serial entrepreneur, #1 best-selling author, and innovative leader having served as a founding member of the Chairmen's Community of the World Economic Forum. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in International Relations and International Policy Studies from Stanford University.