Viasat Ukraine Names New CEO

STOCKHOLM, September 23:
Oksana Ferchuk has been appointed as the new CEO of Viasat Ukraine, replacing
Richard Caproni, who will assume the position of chief financial officer of the
company.

Previously Ferchuk was the
marketing and sales director of the national telecommunications systems
provider PEOPLEnet in Ukraine, commercial director of MSG and its nationwide
retail chains Astel & Mobilochka, and prior to that worked for more than
six years in various positions within Ukrainian Mobile Connection.

Caproni has been CEO of
Viasat Ukraine since it was founded as Vision TV in 2006. Viasat Ukraine, a
joint venture between Modern Times Group (MTG) and Strong Media Group, was the
first digital premium DTH satellite TV operator in Ukraine when it launched in
April.

“Oksana Ferchuk has
extensive experience from related business in telecom as well as from start
ups, which we consider a perfect background for when Viasat Ukraine goes into
the next, commercial phase,” said Ulrik Bengtsson, the CEO of Pay TV for
emerging markets at MTG. “Aligned with the plans, Richard Caproni remains in
the company in a position where we can continue to utilize his top expertise in
finance and administration.”

—By Jackie Stewart