Tata Comm appoints Tri Pham as CSO

Tri Pham joins Tata Communications' global leadership team as the Chief Strategy Office (CSO) with immediate effect.

In his new position, Pham will spearhead strategy formulation and execution, as well as managing all major strategic initiatives including growth plans, entry into new markets and mergers and acquisitions. Based in Singapore, Pham will also be a member of the Global Management Committee (GMC).

Tri Pham has over 18 years of experience in the investment banking industry, focusing on the Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) industries in Asia. He has advised many of the leading info-communications companies and executed some of the largest mergers and acquisitions transactions in the region. Most recently, Pham has been running his own consultancy, having moved from HSBC where he was a Managing Director looking after TMT, Asia Pacific, from 2008 to 2011.

Vinod Kumar, Managing Director and CEO of Tata Communications, says: "I am pleased to welcome Tri to our global team. His depth of experience and knowledge of the Telecommunications, Media and Technology industries will prove invaluable for our business."

Tri Pham was also an Executive Director of ABN AMRO Bank from 2004 to 2008. During this time he was co-head of TMT, Asia Pacific. Pham was also a Director at Merrill Lynch International from 1994 to 2003, where he was head of South East Asia TMT.