Finance professionals in Telecommunications
Network capital is the common ground for this telecommunications finance group: an Openreach financial controller for network delivery and infrastructure, a former CFO - Global Technology & Planning at AT&T, and a former Cox Communications AVP, Finance. Two Nokia business unit finance leaders, two Ooredoo Group planning directors and finance leads at Telefónica, Vodafone and NM Fiber Network, LLC round it out, useful for network capex cases and multi-country budgets.
Professionals to explore
Angeliki Karayianni
LinkedInExperience: Enterprise Solutions Business Unit CFO · Nokia
Enterprise Solutions Business Unit CFO at Nokia since 2021, Angeliki Karayianni has also been CO CFO Integration & Transformation Controller since 2016. Other Nokia roles were Head of Projects & Transformation Region Finance (2017–2021), CFO Switzerland & Mediterranean (2013–2016) and CFO Greece Balkans & Israel (2012–2013). Karayianni suits enterprise unit and country CFO questions.
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Anton Landman
LinkedInExperience: Group Senior Director Financial Planning & Performance · Ooredoo Group
Anton Landman has been Group Senior Director Financial Planning & Performance at Ooredoo Group since 2022. Earlier roles were Group Director Financial Planning & Analysis at VEON (2019–2021), Chief Financial Officer at banglalink (2016–2019), Head of Finance Operations at Vodacom Tanzania Plc (2015–2016) and Chief Executive Officer at Virgin Mobile South Africa (2013–2015). Landman describes 25 years in telecoms across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
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Babak Ghasemi
LinkedInExperience: Director Controlling & Financial Performance · Vodafone
Since 2025, Babak Ghasemi has been Director Controlling & Financial Performance at Vodafone. Deutsche Telekom roles include Finance Executive (2025), CFO Magenta Telekom (2023–2025), CFO B2C Telekom Deutschland (2019–2023) and CFO Telekom Shops (PVG) (2020–2021). Ghasemi fits questions on consumer business finance and retail shop economics at Deutsche Telekom.
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Cecil Lara
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President - Finance · AT&T
Assistant Vice President - Finance at AT&T since 2023, Cecil Lara shows only AT&T roles: Director - Business Strategy & Financial Analysis (2022–2023), Director - Global Technology Planning (2018–2022), CFO - Global Technology & Planning (2016–2018) and Director - Technology Design & Architecture (2014–2016). Lara names network architecture, business case development and financial modeling, a strong fit for network investment cases.
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Damian Borgobello
LinkedInExperience: Head of Finance - Product & Engineering Global Unit - Cloud Networks · Nokia
Damian Borgobello has been Head of Finance - Product & Engineering Global Unit - Cloud Networks at Nokia since 2024. Other Nokia roles include Finance Director - Business Applications Global Unit (2023–2024), Head Of Finance Global Customer Business Team (2015–2023), Sr. Business Controller for Oi Brazil Account (2012–2015) and Cost Controller Manager for Brazil Project Operations (2010–2012). Borgobello can speak to account and product finance at Nokia.
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Hermit Sehgal, MSci, ACA
LinkedInExperience: Financial Controller - Complex Engineering, Network Delivery & Infrastructure Development · Openreach
At Openreach, Hermit Sehgal, MSci, ACA is Financial Controller - Complex Engineering, Network Delivery & Infrastructure Development (since 2025), after Head of FP&A, Transformation and HQ CTIO Finance there (2022–2025). BT Group roles include Group FP&A and S4 Finance Transformation Lead (2018–2022) and Head of FP&A, BT Consumer (2016–2018). Sehgal cites business case development, a fit for network delivery capex.
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Jose Ignacio Luchia Puig
LinkedInExperience: Controller & Planning Director, B2B & Telefónica Tech · Telefónica
Budget, forecasting and strategic planning are what Jose Ignacio Luchia Puig leads as Controller & Planning Director, B2B & Telefónica Tech at Telefónica, a role held since 2024. Earlier Telefónica roles were Controller & Planning Director, Telefónica Tech (2022–2024) and Senior Controller & Planning Manager for Brazil (2020–2022), North HispAm (2016–2019) and Central America (2014–2016). Luchia Puig suits B2B and regional planning questions.
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Ken Shelton, CPA, CGMA
LinkedInExperience: Former AVP, Finance · Cox Communications
Ken Shelton, CPA, CGMA was AVP, Finance at Cox Communications (2013–2024), directing finance, accounting and capital investment evaluation for the Cox Business operating group with a team of 35. Shelton was Vice President, Finance at Charter Communications (2007–2013) and has provided Consulting Fractional Board Service at Sterling Corporate Advisory since 2025. A fit for capital investment questions at Cox Communications.
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Thomas Krog
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Financial Planning & Performance · Ooredoo Group
Two current Ooredoo posts belong to Thomas Krog: Senior Director Financial Planning & Performance at Ooredoo Group (since 2025) and Senior Vice President Finance at Ooredoo Oman (since 2026). Other roles include Senior Director Financial Planning & Analysis at TDC NET (2019–2024) and Finance Director at Virgin Mobile South Africa (2017–2018). Krog describes 19+ years in telecom, from the incumbent TDC to challengers such as Sunrise, du and Virgin Mobile.
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Tracy Machado
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · NM Fiber Network, LLC
NM Fiber Network, LLC and Peñasco Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. both have Tracy Machado as Chief Financial Officer, each since 2025. Other roles include Chief Consultant at Petersburg Consulting Group (2024–2025), Chief Financial Officer at Nortex Communications (2023–2024) and Vice President, Finance and Accounting at SQUAN (2022–2023). Machado names telecommunications and utility construction expertise.
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Choose the right perspective
For network build and capex business cases, start with Hermit Sehgal, MSci, ACA, Cecil Lara or Ken Shelton, CPA, CGMA. Anton Landman, Thomas Krog, Jose Ignacio Luchia Puig and Babak Ghasemi know group planning and performance across operators and countries, Damian Borgobello and Angeliki Karayianni give the Nokia side, and Tracy Machado is the pick for finance at NM Fiber Network, LLC and a telephone cooperative.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you build the business case for a fiber or 5G build-out when take-up rates in each area are uncertain?
- 02How does group planning at a multi-country operator set budgets and targets for very different local markets?
- 03When an operator negotiates a large network equipment contract, how do both sides' finance teams model the deal?
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