GSMA recently elected new board members and has announced that José Mara lvarez-Pallete López will be the chair of the organization.
José Mara was included in the organization’s 26-member Board for the period from January 2025 to December 2026.
Gopal Vittal will be the Deputy Chair and José Mara Pallete will be the Chairman. The organization, which represents the world’s mobile operators and businesses in the broader mobile ecosystem, will be led by Mr. López over the organization’s strategic direction.
“I am honored and excited to be re-appointed as Chair. I look forward to another term of working together with our talented team to achieve our goals and continue to make a lasting impact. Together, we will continue to stay at the forefront of trends and make a positive impact in our industry,” said José María Álvarez-Pallete López.
Digital transformation, AI, and technological advancements are driving the industry’s rapid transformation. That being said, José María is expected to successfully continue advocating for GSMA members to achieve their goals as part of this transformation.
The GSMA’s Director General, Mats Granryd, also spoke about María’s appointment:
“We are excited to welcome the new and re-elected Board members, and we thank the outgoing Board members for their outstanding support.”
Senior representatives from global mobile operators as well as smaller independent operators make up the group’s members.
The GSMA is a global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem to discover, develop and deliver innovation foundational to positive business environments and societal change.
Our vision is to unlock the full power of connectivity so that people, industry, and society thrive. Representing mobile operators and organisations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, the GSMA delivers for its members across three broad pillars: Connectivity for Good, Industry Services and Solutions, and Outreach.
This activity includes advancing policy, tackling today’s biggest societal challenges, underpinning the technology and interoperability that make mobile work, and providing the world’s largest platform to convene the mobile ecosystem at the MWC and M360 series of events.
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