Singtel's Optus appoints ex-New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian to executive team
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Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian will be taking up a newly created role at Optus.
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SYDNEY (REUTERS) - The Australian unit of Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) said on Friday (Feb 11) it had appointed Ms Gladys Berejiklian, the former premier of New South Wales (NSW) state, to its executive team.
Ms Berejiklian, who served as NSW premier between 2017 and 2021, will take up the newly created role of managing director, enterprise, business and institutional, Optus said, as the wireless carrier looks to gain market share in the country.
"I believe she will be a game changer for Optus," chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin said in a statement.
The appointment marks Ms Berejiklian's first major role since her shock resignation last October as the head of Australia's biggest state amid a corruption probe relating to her personal relationship with a politician under investigation over grant funding.
Before her departure from public office, Ms Berejiklian was a figurehead of Australia's Covid-19 response, who fronted the media almost daily to announce virus infection rates, deaths and restrictions on activities in NSW.
She also previously held senior executive roles at the country's largest lender, Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
