Αthens, June 30, 2016 – The Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (ASE: HTO; OTC MARKET: HLTOY), announces that as of July 1^st 2016, Mr. Kostas Nebis and Mr. Grigoris Christopoulos will become OTE Group Chief Commercial Officers for Consumer and Business Segment, respectively, reporting directly to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OTE. 

Both Mr. Nebis and Mr. Christopoulos have many years of experience in the telecommunications industry, having held senior management positions, within and outside OTE Group. Both have significantly contributed in establishing OTE Group as a leader in the Greek market, helped transform and consolidate the Group's Fixed and Mobile business operations, upgrade its products and services and continuously improve customer experience.

Mr. Michael Tsamaz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OTE, wishes to both every success in their new role.

Short CV of Mr. K. Nebis

Kostas Nebis is a Marketing and Sales Executive with more than 15 years of experience in leading roles in various companies in the Telecommunications industry. Kostas joined OTE Group in 2009 as Marketing Director of COSMOTE. He has been the Consumer Sales & Marketing Executive Director Fixed and Mobile since 2013, and has significantly contributed in the transformation and consolidation of Fixed and Mobile Commercial business operations. Before joining OTE Group he held various positions, including Brand Manager at Vodafone Greece in 1999, Product Manager for Vodafone Global in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2002, and various other management positions, including Senior Manager Consumer Propositions, upon his return in Vodafone Greece.

Short CV of Mr. G. Christopoulos

Grigoris Christopoulos brings with him more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications and Sales. He joined the OTE Group in 2000 as Sales Network Deputy Director at COSMOTE. In the following years, Grigoris held various management positions, including Executive Sales Director at COSMOTE, and Executive Sales Director Fixed & Mobile. In his most recent position as Business Sales & Marketing Executive Director Fixed & Mobile, he accounted for the B2B strategic planning and implementation, as well as the transformation and consolidation of Fixed, Mobile and ICT convergence.

This announcement is published Regulated Information in accordance with Law 3556/2007 [article 3 paragraph 1(f) and article 21], Law 3340/2005 and the relevant Decision of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission.