GSMA reappoints Airtel Vice Chairman Gopal Vittal as board chair until 2028

The GSMA Board of Directors has re-elected Gopal Vittal, Executive Vice Chairman of Bharti Airtel, as Chair for the 2027-2028 board term, extending his leadership of the global mobile industry body until December 2028. The announcement also confirmed the appointment of Margherita Della Valle, Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Group, as co-Deputy Chair alongside Ralph Mupita, President and CEO of MTN Group, who was re-elected to the role.

Vittal has served on the GSMA Board for a decade and has been Chair since 2025. In the role, he oversees the strategic direction of the organisation, which represents mobile network operators and companies across the broader mobile ecosystem.