{"id":3462,"date":"2017-10-30T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvlatina\/liberty-global-names-head-latam-caribbean-arm\/"},"modified":"2017-10-30T14:19:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T18:19:51","slug":"liberty-global-names-head-of-latam-caribbean-arm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvlatina\/liberty-global-names-head-of-latam-caribbean-arm\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty Global Names Head of LatAm &#038; Caribbean Arm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Balan Nair, chief technology and innovation officer for Liberty Global, has been appointed president and CEO of the company&#8217;s Latin American and Caribbean operation.<\/p>\n<p>Nair&#8217;s new position will be effective once Liberty Global&#8217;s split-off into a separate public company occurs, which is expected around the end of the year. He has nearly 25 years of experience working in the telecommunications, internet, cable and media industries. The search for a new chief technology and innovation officer is currently underway.<\/p>\n<p>Liberty Global includes the Liberty Global Group for European operations, and the LiLAC Group for operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Fries, Liberty Global&#8217;s CEO, who will serve as executive chairman of the Latin American company after the split-off, stated: \u201cBalan is an exceptional technologist and operating executive who has delivered tremendous value to our company as CTO. He has led us into the future with next-generation broadband, video and mobile products, and has transformed our entire technology operating model. I am excited that Balan has agreed to lead this new company into the future, and I look forward to continuing our close working relationship as part of the broader Liberty family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nair added: \u201cIt\u2019s been a privilege to work with and learn from Mike Fries and John Malone, and I am proud and humbled to have the opportunity to continue collaborating with them in my new role as president and CEO of Liberty\u2019s Latin American and Caribbean operation. I plan to leverage my experience to build operating and strategic momentum for us in one of the world\u2019s most exciting growth markets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balan Nair, chief technology and innovation officer for Liberty Global, has been appointed president and CEO of the company&#8217;s Latin American and Caribbean operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":3463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[550,551,552],"class_list":["post-3462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-balan-nair","tag-liberty-global","tag-lilac-group"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Liberty Global Names Head of LatAm &amp; Caribbean Arm - TVLATINA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvlatina\/liberty-global-names-head-of-latam-caribbean-arm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liberty Global Names Head of LatAm &amp; 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