Bharti hires leader for enterprise services unit

Bharti Airtel has appointed former Telstra executive Drew Kelton as the president of its enterprise services unit.

Kelton has been appointed to lead the transformation of the unit into a business-to-business organization, Bharti Airtel said. He will report to group CEO Sanjay Kapoor.

“In his new leadership role at Bharti Airtel, Drew will build on the existing capabilities and strengthen the international data services business,” Kapoor said.

Prior to joining Australia's Telstra – where he held a number of executive positions in the international arm of the Retail division – Kelton worked at IP solutions provider Global Crossing, and was a founder of Saturn Global Networks.

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