Mauricio Ramos appointed CEO of Millicom

Millicom announced today that its board has decided unanimously to appoint Mauricio Ramos as its new Chief Executive Officer with effect from April 1, 2015.

Ramos was most recently president of Liberty Global’s Latin American division, a position he held from 2006 until February 2015. Over the past fourteen years he has held a number of leadership roles at Liberty Global, including positions as chairman and CEO of VTR in Chile, CFO of Liberty’s Latin

American division and president of Liberty Puerto Rico. Throughout this period he has successfully developed both mobile and broadband businesses in Latin America, delivering solid operational improvement and outstanding financial results.

Ramos is also chairman of TEPAL, the Latin American Association of Cable Broadband Operators. He is a Colombian national who received a degree in Economics, a degree in Law and a postgraduate degree in Financial Law from Universidad de los Andes in Bogota.