Dhaka, Oct. 4 -- Mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Ltd, has appointed Rajeev Sethi as its new Chief Executive Officer.

The operator made the disclosure in a post on the Dhaka Stock Exchange on Monday.

Robi has been without a full-time CEO since August last year when Mahtab Uddin Ahmed Robi stepped down from his position.

Since then Robi Chief Financial Officer Riyaaz Rasheed had been serving the company as the acting CEO.

Sethi, a former CEO of Grameenphone, took the charge this month.

In a press release, Joint Acting Group CEOs of Axiata Group Berhad, Hans Wijayasuriya and Vivek Sood said: "On behalf of the Axiata Group Management, we take great pleasure in welcoming Rajeev to the Robi family.

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