Antti Arponen

Antti joined Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa in 2008 as the CEO for Oman. Since 2012 Antti has worked as the group Chief Digital Officer, responsible for driving digital transformation across all the group markets.

Prior to joining Virgin Mobile, Antti managed various telecom operations in Europe, started mobile services for Yahoo!, and held various marketing, strategy and venture capital roles within the European/Eurasian TeliaSonera group. Antti is a Finnish citizen holding a Masters in Finance from Helsinki School of Economics. Finland is the home to Nokia, the sauna and Santa Claus. No, Antti has not worked for Nokia.