Kaan Terzioğlu

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Kaan Terzioğlu has been serving VEON Group as the Group Chief Executive Officer since June 2021. As the Group CEO, Terzioglu leads the executive teams of the Company’s digital operators providing connectivity and digital solutions, empowering their customers with digital finance, education, entertainment and health services, among others, and supporting the economic growth of the Company’s operating markets. 

Prior to being appointed as the Group CEO, Mr. Terzioglu served the Company as Group Co-CEO from March 2020 to June 2021, Group Co-COO from November 2019 to March 2020 and a Board director from July 2019 to October 2019. Kaan Terzioglu is currently a Board Member of the GSMA and of the GSMA Foundation, and also serves on the board of Digicel. 

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Terzioglu held regional and global leadership roles in management consulting, technology and telecoms with Arthur Andersen, CISCO and Turkcell in Belgium, United States and Turkey. In 2019, Mr. Terzioglu received GSMA’s “Outstanding Contribution to the Industry” award for his leadership in creating a digital transformation model for the telecoms industry and for his contributions to socially responsible business in telecommunications industry. 

Mr. Terzioglu holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Bogazici University and is also a Certified Public Accountant (Istanbul Chamber of Certified Independent Public Accountants).