BorisNemšić

Boris Nemšić is a serial entrepreneur and Board member of leading tech companies.

He served as Chairman of the Board at Delta Partners (now FTIDelta), the leading TMT advisory and investment firm in global markets such as the US, the Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa, and as Managing Director at Time-Tech GmbH. He was CEO of VimpelCom OJSC (now VEON), the second largest Russian integrated telecom operator with 65 million customers in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia and Georgia, as well as greenfield operations in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

Previously, Mr. Nemšić was CEO of Telekom Austria Group (2006–2009) and COO of Wireless Telekom Austria (2002–2006). He is a world class manager, named one of Europe’s top five telecom CEOs by Institutional Investor in 2007. As CEO (2000–2009) he built mobilkom austria into one of Europe’s leading mobile operator groups, active in eight countries of Central and Eastern Europe, before taking the helm of the parent company.

He holds a PhD in technology, and his landmark paper predicted the growth and direction of the industry more than a decade ago. Mr. Nemšić is leading the transformation of the industry, both through his strategy of promoting innovation and service and in fighting for a market-driven regulatory climate that encourages investment. He positioned himself and Telekom Austria Group as a thought leader and spokesman for the industry through his bold advocacy of market-driven regulation, his regular commentaries, his cutting-edge, forward-looking initiatives, and his active role in industry groups — including his board membership of the GSM Association and his chairmanship of its Public Policy Committee.

Boris Nemšić became an Industry Advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Partners LLP, providing advisory services to assist KKR in the technology, media and telecommunications industry: facilitating introductions to senior management teams and boards of directors, evaluating and assisting with the execution of new investment opportunities, working with specific KKR portfolio companies, and performing other advisory or consulting services.

Thanks to his continually developed technical background, commercial skills and managerial experience, Nemšić is a sought-after investor, Board member and Chairman at several ambitious high-tech companies, as well as a founding member of the aaia — Austrian Business Angel Investors Association.