Kcell says Arti Ots nominated for position of Chief Executive Officer of company

/KASE, November 18, 14/ – Kcell JSC (Almaty), whose shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press-release of November 17, 2014: quote Kcell Joint Stock Company ("Kcell” or the "Company") (LSE, KASE:KCEL), the leading provider of mobile telecommunications services in Kazakhstan by market share interms of revenue and subscribers, today announces the nomination of Arti Ots as Chief Executive Officer subject to receiving relevant regulatory authorisation. The appointment is also pending final agreement between Arti Ots and the Company and the approval of the Board. Arti Ots has served as Vice President for Commercial and Business Development at TeliaSonera Eurasia since May 2014. Between February 2012 and May 2014, he was CEO of Elion, TeliaSonera's Broadband Services division in Estonia. Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Ots was at Elion for 10 years and worked as Marketing Director between 2004 and 2012. Arti holds an MBA from Henley Business School. Jan Erik Rudberg, Chairman of Kcell, commented: "We are delighted to announce the nomination of Arti Ots as CEO of Kcell. The team at Kcell strives to maintain its leading position in Kazakhstan's mobile telephony market despite strong competition, and to drive top-line growth by developing data services, actively competing in the voice segment of the market and providing the highest levels of customer service. We believe that Arti is very well-placed to execute this strategy”. Enquiries: Kcell Investor Relations Irina Shol tel. +7 727 2582755, ext. 1205 Investor_relations@kcell.kz Media Natalya Eskova tel. +7 727 2582755, ext. 1902 Pressa@kcell.kz International media Instinctif Partners Tel: +44 207 457 2020 Leonid Fink, Tony Friend, Kay Larsen, Galyna Kulachek unquote [2014-11-18]