Yasir Azman

About

CEO of Grameenphone, which he joined as Director of Sales & Distribution and has since led as CMO, Deputy CEO and Chief Executive. His career spans Telenor group roles in Oslo and circle leadership at Uninor in India, and he served as CMO for Telenor Emerging Asia across Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar. President of AMTOB and a former Vice President of FICCI. MBA in Marketing from IBA, University of Dhaka, with executive programmes at INSEAD and London Business School.

Expertise

Experience

1. CEO

   Grameenphone

   2020 — PresentBangladesh

2. President

   AMTOB

   2024 — 2026Bangladesh

   Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh.

3. Vice President

   FICCI

   2024 — 2025Bangladesh

   Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

4. Deputy CEO

   Grameenphone

   2017 — 2020Bangladesh

5. Chief Marketing Officer

   Telenor Emerging Asia

   2017 — 2019Bangladesh

   Member of the Telenor Emerging Asia management team, covering the commercial agenda across Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar alongside the Bangladesh CMO role.

6. Chief Marketing Officer

   Grameenphone

   2015 — 2020Dhaka

7. VP, Group Head of Distribution & eBusiness

   Telenor ASA

   2013 — 2015Oslo, Norway

   Responsible for distribution, omnichannel and digital channel development across 13 Telenor business units.

8. EVP & Circle Business Head, Karnataka

   Uninor

   2011 — 2013India

9. EVP & Circle Business Head, Orissa

   Uninor

   2010 — 2011India

10. Director, Sales & Distribution

    Grameenphone

    2009 — 2010Bangladesh

    Led the entire sales and distribution function: 140K mass retail base, 98 distributors, 2,300 sales executives and a permanent team of 1,300.